Cheerfulness Breaks In (Virago Modern Classics)

Cheerfulness Breaks In (Virago Modern Classics) image
ISBN-10:

0349013411

ISBN-13:

9780349013411

Author(s): THIRKELL, ANGELA
Released: Aug 10, 2021
Publisher: Virago
Format: Paperback, 336 pages
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Description:

'You read her, laughing, and want to do your best to protect her characters from any reality but their own' New York Times\nIt is summer 1939 and the social event of the year is about to take place: Rose Birkett, a flighty beauty with a penchant for breaking engagements and hearts, is finally getting married, and the whole village - especially her parents - breathes a sigh of relief.\nBy autumn, however, summer weddings seem a distant memory as war reaches Barsetshire. While the younger generation throws itself into the war effort with cheerful aplomb, older residents remember the last war keenly, and are fearful.\nWhen an entire London school of evacuees arrive, as well as a number of refugees, the village rallies round to accommodate them. Some inhabitants, though, fail to welcome the newcomers with open arms.\nFirst published in 1940, this is a humorous and poignant picture of wartime in a rural community.


























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