Wild Strawberries
A Virago Modern Classic
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Pretty, impecunious Mary Preston, newly arrived as a guest of her Aunt Agnes at the magnificent wooded estate of Rushwater, falls head over heels for handsome playboy David Leslie. Meanwhile, Agnes and her mother, the eccentric matriarch Lady Emily, have hopes of a different, more suitable match for Mary. At the lavish Rushwater dance party, her future happiness hangs in the balance . . .
- Published: Nov 22 2012
- Pages: 288
- 196 x 128mm
- ISBN: 9781844088843
Press Reviews
- Spectator
With touches of Nancy Mitford, Barbara Pym and PG Wodehouse, Angela Thirkell's sparkling prose recounts misunderstandings and mishaps in a particularly English way.
- Glasgow Sunday Herald
Appealing.
Alexander McCall Smith
Charming, very funny indeed. Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself.
- Elle Decoration
If you like Nancy Mitford you'll love this
- Good Book Guide
A witty romantic comedy and a warm and inviting piece of social satire from this sharply observant and popular writer
Alexander McCall Smith
Charming, very funny indeed. Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself
- Elle Decoration
If you like Nancy Mitford you'll love this
- Good Book Guide
A witty romantic comedy and a warm and inviting piece of social satire from this sharply observant and popular writer