"Close Quarters" 1958 THIRKELL, Angela

"Close Quarters" 1958 THIRKELL, AngelaTHIRKELL, Angela [282] pp. Alfred A. Knopf 1958 First American Edition 8 1 2" x 6" Jacket painting by John O'Hara Cosgrave II Summertime in Barsetshire A widow goes house hunting in Barsetshire in this witty, moving novel by an author of "graceful stories of upper class English life" One rainy summer, amid the social and cultural changes of postwar England, Mrs. Macfadyen wrestles with the loss of her beloved husband after just five years of

THIRKELL, Angela

[282] pp.

Alfred A. Knopf

1958

First American Edition

8 1/2" x 6"

Jacket painting by John O'Hara Cosgrave II

Summertime in Barsetshire

A widow goes house-hunting in Barsetshire in this witty, moving novel by an author of "graceful stories of upper-class English life"

One rainy summer, amid the social and cultural changes of postwar England, Mrs. Macfadyen wrestles with the loss of her beloved husband after just five years of happiness. Life has left her uprooted--but where can she replant herself? The hunt for a new house (preferably not too close to her mother's) will involve everyone from friends and neighbors to an old suitor and the local clergy, but ultimately the decision--and her future--is up to her . . .

Recreating Anthony Trollope's fictional county and bringing it into the mid-twentieth century, Angela Thirkell tells a tale filled with heartache, humor, and sharp social observation.

"It is in [Mrs. Macfadyen's] fitful remembrance, quiet loneliness and gentle acceptance, that one realizes her author's sense of the poetry in life, and her sympathetic ear for the nuances of pain.