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Bewildering Cares

Bewildering Cares

Winifred Peck
3.5/5 ( ratings)
‘It’s a storm in a tea-cup, of course, but then we happen to live in a tea-cup!’
So begins Camilla Lacely’s charming, witty diary of life as a vicar’s wife in a mid-sized town outside of Manchester in the anxious, early days of World War II. The ‘everything and nothing’ that happens include a controversy swirling around the curate’s pacifist sermon , servant problems, anxieties about Camilla’s son off training with his regiment, the day-to-day worries of friends, and a potential romance in the town … or are there two romances?Readers of Bewildering Cares might well be reminded of the likes of E.M. Delafield or Angela Thirkell, but Peck offers her own distinct take—sometimes hilarious, sometimes touching—on the ironies and heartbreaks of domestic life, community, faith and life during wartime. This new edition includes an introduction by social historian Elizabeth Crawford.‘ deserves our real gratitude for making us laugh in these troublous days’ Times Literary Supplement‘A romantic who was as sharp as a needle’ Penelope Fitzgerald
Language
English
Pages
181
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Dean Street Press
Release
October 03, 2016

Bewildering Cares

Winifred Peck
3.5/5 ( ratings)
‘It’s a storm in a tea-cup, of course, but then we happen to live in a tea-cup!’
So begins Camilla Lacely’s charming, witty diary of life as a vicar’s wife in a mid-sized town outside of Manchester in the anxious, early days of World War II. The ‘everything and nothing’ that happens include a controversy swirling around the curate’s pacifist sermon , servant problems, anxieties about Camilla’s son off training with his regiment, the day-to-day worries of friends, and a potential romance in the town … or are there two romances?Readers of Bewildering Cares might well be reminded of the likes of E.M. Delafield or Angela Thirkell, but Peck offers her own distinct take—sometimes hilarious, sometimes touching—on the ironies and heartbreaks of domestic life, community, faith and life during wartime. This new edition includes an introduction by social historian Elizabeth Crawford.‘ deserves our real gratitude for making us laugh in these troublous days’ Times Literary Supplement‘A romantic who was as sharp as a needle’ Penelope Fitzgerald
Language
English
Pages
181
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Dean Street Press
Release
October 03, 2016

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