Rose Whitelands, on her way to become a nursery governess in Wales, has another fate thrust upon her. She is tricked into swopping places with Vera Vayne, the Cockney actress Rose meets on the train who is the widow of a war hero. Vera wants Rose to go to her husband's home and meet his parents in her stead so that Vera will be spared an acting job that is too much even for her: Pretending deep sorrow for the loss of a husband she'd only known for two weeks. But after Rose visits the war hero's home and meets his family she ...
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Rose Whitelands, on her way to become a nursery governess in Wales, has another fate thrust upon her. She is tricked into swopping places with Vera Vayne, the Cockney actress Rose meets on the train who is the widow of a war hero. Vera wants Rose to go to her husband's home and meet his parents in her stead so that Vera will be spared an acting job that is too much even for her: Pretending deep sorrow for the loss of a husband she'd only known for two weeks. But after Rose visits the war hero's home and meets his family she finds herself wishing she really could swop places with Vera Vayne, instead of just walking...in another girl's shoes. Praise for Berta Ruck: "One can always depend on finding an interesting plot, strongly tinged with originality, in any novel by this author." - The New York Times, April 23, 1922
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