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A Glass Of Blessings

Virago Modern Classics (Book 307)

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BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY CLARE CHAMBERS

'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' RICHARD OSMAN

'My favourite writer . . . I pick up her books with joy, as though I were meeting an old, dear friend' JILLY COOPER

'The subtlest of her books . . . the sparkle on first acquaintance has been succeeded by the deeper brilliance of established art' PHILIP LARKIN

Wilmet Forsyth is well dressed, well looked after, suitably husbanded, good-looking and fairly young - but very bored. Her staid husband Rodney, a civil servant, is slightly balder and fatter than he once was. Wilmet would like to think she has changed rather less.

Her conventional life takes a turn when she meets the handsome brother of a close friend. Attractive, cultured and attentive, Piers Longridge is a delectable mystery Wilmet is determined to solve.

Critics Review

Barbara Pym is the rarest of treasures
Anne Tyler
I'd sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen . . . The subtlest of her books - the sparkle on first acquaintance has been succeeded by the deeper brilliance of established art
Philip Larkin
I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym
Richard Osman
[Pym] makes me smile, laugh out loud, consider my own foibles and fantasies, and above all, suffer real regret when I reach the final page. Of how many authors can you honestly say that?
Mavis Cheek
There is a thrill of humanity through all her work
Shirley Hazzard
My favourite writer . . . I pick up her books with joy, as though I were meeting an old, dear friend who comforts me, extends my vision and makes me roar with laughter
Jilly Cooper
A modern Jane Austen
Alexander McCall Smith
Another instalment in America's exposure to the Pyro revival, which began in England in 1976 and happily arrived here in 1978 . . . Essential reading for Pym's growing readership on this side of the Atlantic
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User Reviews

Book 4.0
Narration 5.0
Author Barbara Pym
Narrator Patience Tomlinson
Series Virago Modern Classics
Duration 9 hours
Release Date
ISBN 9781405510899
Format Audiobook
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Genre Classic fiction, Family life fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Modern and contemporary fiction, Religious and spiritual fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE
Rating
4.0 (1 review)
Narration
5.0 (1 review)

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