Though it did not appear until 1948, she wrote this volume from 1940 to 1945, while living in Dominica, where she had no possibility of reference to family papers.
Napier, Elma. Youth Is a Blunder. J. Cape.
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Nevertheless, the volume's appendices...
Dedications
Elma Napier
Again dedicated to her elder daughter, Daphne Marian Gibbs
, this volume spans 1912 to 1930, the years from EN
's first marriage to her father
's death.
Family and Intimate relationships
Elma Napier
She and Gibbs had two children: a daughter, Daphne Marian Gibbs
, born on 8 November 1912, and a son, Ronald Gordon Vicary Gibbs
, born on 4 September 1918.
Napier, Elma. Winter Is in July. J. Cape.
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Lundy, Darryl. “Elma Gordon-Cumming”. Our Family History: thePeerage.com.
