Her Fated Place

Her Fated Place tells the story of Venetia, born into a landed estate in the west of Ireland, the child of estate staff. It traces her experiences as a children’s nursemaid in another gentry house, an ARP warden in the London Blitz, a library clerk in yet another Irish gentry establishment and secretary to an American female academic in post-war Rome. Her experiences lead her to make a significant decision in mid-life, one that could never have been anticipated when, as a very young woman with little education, she left home to go to her first position in domestic service.