by Barbara Pym (Author), Barbara Pym (Author), Alexander McCall Smith (Introduction)
Mildred Lathbury is one of those 'excellent women' who is often taken for granted. She is a godsend, 'capable of dealing with most of the stock situations of life - birth, marriage, death, the successful jumble sales, the garden fete spoilt by bad weather'. As such, she often gets herself embroiled in other people's lives - especially those of her glamorous new neighbours, the Napiers, whose marriage seems to be on the rocks. One cannot take sides in these matters, though it is tricky, especially as Mildred, teetering on the edge of spinsterhood, has a soft spot for dashing young Rockingham Napier. This is Barbara Pym's world at its funniest and most touching.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: 1
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
Published: 03 Sep 2009
ISBN 10: 1844084515
ISBN 13: 9781844084517
Book Overview: One of the most endearingly amusing English novels of the twentieth century' Alexander McCall Smith