Wilmett Bottome

She had two elder sisters, Wilmett and Mary , and a younger brother named George , who was born when Phyllis was still a fellow baby.PB felt that her parents gave [her] a...

Because PB 's family moved around extensively during her childhood, her formal education was not consistent. Her parents were liberal-minded in their views on education: they believed that although girls should have more duties than...

Because of her mother's illness, PB 's eldest sister, Wilmett , was often responsible for the care of both her mother and her younger siblings. Phyllis often rebelled against her sister's authority, but as she...

Shortly after her eldest sister, Wilmett , died from tuberculosis, PB was diagnosed with a serious lung ailment, contracted from nursing her sister.

Although she wrote the book two years before this, PB did not have it published at that time because she had to nurse her sister Wilmett , who was ill with tuberculosis.