The Nutmeg Tree: A Novel

The Nutmeg Tree: A Novel

by Margery Sharp (Author), Margery Sharp (Author)

Synopsis

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cluny Brown: In 1930s France, a free-spirited mother tries to derail her very proper daughter's engagement.

Julia Packett has barely laid eyes on her daughter, Susan, since leaving her with her proper, well-heeled in-laws after her husband was killed in World War I. Now thirty-seven, her lack of prospects hasn't dimmed her spirit or appetite for life. So when Susan asks her to come to France for the summer to persuade her grandmother to allow her to marry her fiance, Julia sets sail with the noblest intentions of being a paragon of motherhood.

But at her mother-in-law's vacation villa in Haute Savoie, Julia sees that her priggish but lovely daughter is completely mismatched with a man who is just like herself: a charming, clever playboy. The arrival of Susan's legal guardian, the distinguished Sir William Waring, further complicates the situation. Soon Julia's efforts to pass herself off as a lady and secure her daughter's happiness spin out of control, leading to romantic entanglements and madcap adventures that challenge preconceived notions about the ultimate compatibility of any two people who fall in love.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 228
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 13 Feb 2018

ISBN 10: 150405086X
ISBN 13: 9781504050869

Media Reviews
This book contains one of the most appealing, warm-hearted, good wenches anyone has met, in the flesh or in print or on the screen. . . . Every chapter of [Sharp's] novel is eloquent of her inventiveness and her accurate sense of entertainment. -New York Herald Tribune

Original, subtle, and consistently entertaining. -Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Margery Sharp
One of the most gifted writers of comedy in the civilized world today. -Chicago Daily News

Highly gifted . . . a wonderful entertainer. -The New Yorker

[Sharp's] dialogue is brilliant, uncannily true. . . . She is an excellent storyteller. -Elizabeth Bowen

It is as natural for Miss Sharp to be witty as for a brook trout to have spots. -The Saturday Review of Literature
Author Bio
Margery Sharp (1905-1991) is renowned for her sparkling wit and insight into human nature, which are liberally displayed in her critically acclaimed social comedies of class and manners. Born in Yorkshire, England, she wrote pieces for Punch magazine after attending college and art school. In 1930, she published her first novel, Rhododendron Pie, and in 1938, she married Maj. Geoffrey Castle. Sharp wrote twenty-six novels, three of which, Britannia Mews, Cluny Brown, and The Nutmeg Tree, were made into feature films, and fourteen children's books, including The Rescuers, which was adapted into two Disney animated films.