Pym, Barbara A Glass of Blessings ISBN 13: 9781559213530

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Well dressed and looked after, Wilmet, the novel's heroine, is married to Rodney, a handsome army major, who works nine thirty to six at the Ministry. Wilmet's interest wanders to the nearby Anglo-Catholic church, where at last she can neglect her comfortable household in the company of a cast of characters, including three priests. Set in 1950s London, this witty novel is told through the narration of the shallow and self-absorbed protagonist who, despite her flaws, begins to learn something about love and about herself. Through Wilmet's superficial monologues readers are exposed to Barbara Pym's clever commentary on class, the church, and her engaging characterizations. Readers will become captivated, as is Wilmet, with the lives and personalities of characters such as the kleptomaniac Wilf Bason, the priests Keith, and Piers Longridge. She fancies herself in love with Piers, the brother of a close friend, and imagines he is her secret admirer (the admirer is in fact her friend's husband). Wilmet fails to realise that Piers is gay until she becomes aware of his relationship with Keith, a young man she regards as rather common.

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Barbara Pym is the twentieth-century literary heiress to Jane Austen, praised by the Huffington Post as “the thinking girl’s romance writer.”  The Barbara Pym Cookbook, which shows readers how to recreate the English teas and dinners featured in Pym’s fiction, is the perfect companion for devoted fans. 
About the Author:
Barbara Pym was born in England in 1913. Her first novel was pulished in 1950 and was followed by five more books. In 1977 Pym was the only author to be named twice in a Times Literary Supplement list of "the most underrated novelists of the century." Within two weeks, she was established as a major novelist. She died in 1980.

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  • PublisherMoyer Bell Ltd
  • Publication date2008
  • ISBN 10 1559213531
  • ISBN 13 9781559213530
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages256
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