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, though, she often gets herself embroiled in other people's lives - and 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 when 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.

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In Stock - More than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
Format:Hardback
Pages:304 pages
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Publication Date:03/07/2008
Category:
- Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN:9781844085262

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