The Nutmeg Tree - Hardcover

Sharp, Margery

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0753168014 ISBN 13: 9780753168011

Publisher: Isis Large Print, 2002

Synopsis

When Mr Mcdermot dies, Julia Packett finds herself destitute and probably homeless. The only rescue seems to be her daughter Susan, brought up in France by her grandmother. Susan has appealed for her help in overcoming objections to her plans for marrying a young man whom her grandmother dislikes. Julia sets off with every intention of behaving impeccably. But fate has a way of dealing with people like Julia, for whom life is fun with a capital F, and it is not long before she finds herself embroiled in all sorts of affairs - Susan's and her own. A charming and light-hearted view of the ways in which true feelings will eventually conquer all.

About this title

About the Author

Margery Sharp (1905–1991) is renowned for her sparkling wit and insight into human nature, which are liberally displayed in her critically acclaimed social comedies of class and manners. Born in Yorkshire, England, she wrote pieces for Punch magazine after attending college and art school. In 1930, she published her first novel, Rhododendron Pie, and in 1938, she married Maj. Geoffrey Castle. Sharp wrote twenty-six novels, three of which, Britannia Mews, Cluny Brown, and The Nutmeg Tree, were made into feature films, and fourteen children’s books, including The Rescuers, which was adapted into two Disney animated films.
 

Review

“This book contains one of the most appealing, warm-hearted, good wenches anyone has met, in the flesh or in print or on the screen. . . . Every chapter of [Sharp’s] novel is eloquent of her inventiveness and her accurate sense of entertainment.” —New York Herald Tribune
 
“Original, subtle, and consistently entertaining.” —Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Margery Sharp
“One of the most gifted writers of comedy in the civilized world today.” —Chicago Daily News
 
“Highly gifted . . . a wonderful entertainer.” —The New Yorker
 
“[Sharp’s] dialogue is brilliant, uncannily true. . . . She is an excellent storyteller.” —Elizabeth Bowen
 
“It is as natural for Miss Sharp to be witty as for a brook trout to have spots.” —The Saturday Review of Literature
 

Edition details

• Publisher: Isis Large Print
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0753168014
• ISBN 13: 9780753168011
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288