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June 21, 2019

REVIEW: Something Light: A Novel by Margery Sharp

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1960s / England / Historical / Humor / Photographer / Womens-Fiction5 Comments

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In 1950s London, a career girl decides it’s high time she snared herself a husband. Professional dog photographer Louisa Datchett is indiscriminately fond of men. And they take shocking advantage of her good nature when they need their problems listened to, socks washed, prescriptions filled, or employment found. But by ... more >

May 7, 2016

REVIEW: The Nutmeg Tree by Margery Sharp

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / class-difference / estranged family / family relationships / France / Historical / older heroine and hero / pre-WWII4 Comments

TRIGGER WARNING – One derogatory reference likening someone who is cheap to being like Jews. Set in 1930s France, Margery Sharp’s witty, warm-hearted novel tells the story of a free-spirited mother who is reunited with her very proper daughter after sixteen years, when her daughter asks her to inspect her ... more >

April 12, 2016

REVIEW: Cluny Brown by Margery Sharp

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsclass differences / England / Historical / Humor / social unrest / working class / World War II5 Comments

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An unconventional parlor maid upends the lives of an aristocratic family in New York Times–bestselling author Margery Sharp’s delightful comedy of manners set in England before the onset of World War II Cluny Brown has committed an unforgivable sin: She refuses to know her place. Last week, she took herself ... more >

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