
Westwood
Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction | Paperback Published on: 04/08/2011
£9.99
Synopsis
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 cheery'. When Margaret finds a ration book on Hampstead Heath the pompous writer Gerard Challis enters both their lives. Margaret slavishly adores Challis and his artistic circle; Challis idolises 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.
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- ISBN: 9780099528722
- Number of pages: 464
- Weight: 326g
- Dimensions: 198 x 131 x 28 mm