The Camomile Lawn

Wesley, Mary

ISBN 10: 1859988644 ISBN 13: 9781859988640

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 1997

Synopsis

August, 1939. Five cousins gather for the annual summer ritual of a holiday at their aunt's house in Cornwall; for most of them it is the last summer of their youth. The heady exhilarations of the freedoms brought on by loss of innocence, and fear, are around the corner. War will change everything.

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About the Author

Mary Wesley was born in Berkshire. She wrote two children's books before publishing her first adult novel in 1983 at the age of 70. Since then she has produced a succession of books dealing with middle-class mores, each written with ironic, detached amusement, and taking an unblinkered, though compassionate look at sexual values. One of the best known is The Camomile Lawn, which considers sexual and emotional relationships in the turmoil of World War II. It, like several of her novels has been made into a television series.

Review

'Told with elegance and asperity by the superb Anna Massey' -- Sunday Telegraph 'Anna Massey could read the telephone directory and I would listen. When she's reading a writer of the quality of Mary Wesley, it becomes a real pleasure.' -- Oxford Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1859988644
• ISBN 13: 9781859988640
• Binding: Audio Cassette