Westwood

Title: Westwood

Author: Stella Gibbons

Binding: Paperback

EAN: 9780099528722

Condition: Good

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- As New: Hardly any signs of use, almost as new.
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- New: Book is new.

Description:

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LYNNE TRUSS

'Stella Gibbons is the Jane Austen of the twentieth century' The Times

Set in wartime London, Westwood tells the story of Margaret Steggles, a plain bookish girl whose mother has told her that she is not the type that attracts men.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LYNNE TRUSS

'Stella Gibbons is the Jane Austen of the twentieth century' The Times

Set in wartime London, Westwood tells the story of Margaret Steggles, a plain bookish girl whose mother has told her that she is not the type that attracts men. Her schoolfriend Hilda has a sunny temperament and keeps her service boys 'ever so cheerful'. When Margaret finds a rationale book on Hampstead Heath the pompous writer Gerard Challis enters both their lives. Margaret slavicly adores Challis and his artistic circle; Challis idolizes Hilda for her hair and her eyes and Hilda finds Gerard's romantic overtures a bit of a bind. This is a delightfully comic and wistful tale of love and longing.