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The Margery Sharp Collection Volume One
Something Light, The Nutmeg Tree, The Flowering Thorn, and The Innocents
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The Nutmeg Tree: Motherhood was never really free-spirited Julia Packett's thing. Following the loss of her husband in World War I, Julia turned to her well-heeled in-laws to raise her daughter. Now twenty, Susan invites her mother to France for the summer to persuade her grandmother to allow her to marry. When Julia arrives, she quickly sees that her proper daughter is mismatched with a playboy. And when Susan's distinguished legal guardian, Sir William Waring, shows up, romantic complications ensue. The Flowering Thorn: In 1929 London, socialite Lesley Frewen impulsively decides to adopt an orphaned boy. Moving to the tiny village of High Westover, Lesley finds herself challenged by a whole new way of life and changed by a young boy who begins to awaken her capacity to love.
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Reviews
"One of the most gifted writers of comedy in the civilized world today."
Chicago Daily News
"Sharp has a touch all her own when it comes to taking on social class, sex and its consequences, and the changes that the 20th century brought to both those arenas, most especially for women. She remained, always, both polite and biting, looking at the intoxications and delusions of life and love with wit and clear-eyed sympathy."
The New York Times
"Highly gifted . . . a wonderful entertainer."
The New Yorker
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- SeriesMargery Sharp Collection #1