Cheerfulness Breaks In
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4.6 • 9 Ratings
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
'You read her, laughing, and want to do your best to protect her characters from any reality but their own' New York Times
It is summer 1939 and the social event of the year is about to take place: Rose Birkett, a flighty beauty with a penchant for breaking engagements and hearts, is finally getting married, and the whole village - especially her parents - breathes a sigh of relief.
By autumn, however, summer weddings seem a distant memory as war reaches Barsetshire. While the younger generation throws itself into the war effort with cheerful aplomb, older residents remember the last war keenly, and are fearful.
When an entire London school of evacuees arrive, as well as a number of refugees, the village rallies round to accommodate them. Some inhabitants, though, fail to welcome the newcomers with open arms.
First published in 1940, this is a humorous and poignant picture of wartime in a rural community.
Customer Reviews
Wrong Contents
iTunes has credited me for this book because the contents are 'Siddhartha's Brain', starting with the title page-NOT a book by Angela Thirkell. Hopefully they will replace this with the real contents of 'Cheerfulness Breaks In', but to avoid paying for the wrong book, I'd download the sample first to make sure the contents are correct.