I ordered a Table for Six (by Noel Streatfeild)

I’ve been a fan of Noel Streatfeild’s books for children since I was about eight or nine, when I came across ‘Ballet Shoes’, and ‘Party Frock’ and others on my grandmother’s shelves. I borrowed more Streatfeild books from the library in my teens, and gradually acquired copies of as many as possible.

But I hadn’t realised until relatively recently that she also wrote some books for adults, which were out of print until Bello - an imprint of Pan Macmillan - republished them. I read a few revie...