Stella Gibbons unhappy childhood. After an indifferent school career she trained as a journalist, and worked as a reporter and features writer, mainly for the "Evening Standard" and "The Lady". Her first book, published in 1930, was a collection of poems which was well received, and through her life she considered herself primarily a poet rather than a novelist. After "Cold Comfort Farm", a satire on the genre of rural-themed "loam and lovechild" novels popular in the late 1920s, most of Gibbons's novels were based within the middle-class suburban world with which she was familiar. Gibbons became a Fellow of the Royal
Star of the Sea (novel) work or travel on the sea and under which title she is venerated in many Catholic seaside communities. Indeed, in Dutch and other translations the book was given the title ""Stella Maris"". In 2008, London band Silvery released the song "Star of the Sea" on their debut album "Thunderer & Excelsior" on Blow Up Records, loosely following the narrative of the book. "Star of the Sea" has collected many awards and shortlistings: Star of the Sea (novel) Star of the Sea is a historical novel by the Irish writer Joseph O'Connor published in 2004. The novel is set in 1847