Excellent Women: 'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' Richard Osman (Virago Modern Classics)
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Excellent Women: 'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' Richard Osman (Virago Modern Classics)
Excellent Women: 'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' Richard Osman (Virago Modern Classics)

Excellent Women: 'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' Richard Osman (Virago Modern Classics)

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Barbara Pym (Author) Alexander McCall Smith (Contributor)  

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Cover design by Orla Kiely Mildred Lathbury is one of those 'excellent women' who is often taken for granted. She is a godsend, 'capable of dealing with most of the stock situations of life - birth, marriage, death, the successful jumble sales, the garden fete spoilt by bad weather'. As such, though, she often gets herself embroiled in other people's lives - and especially those of her glamorous new neighbours, the Napiers, whose marriage seems to be on the rocks. One cannot take sides in these matters, though it is tricky, especially when Mildred, teetering on the edge of spinsterhood, has a soft spot for dashing young Rockingham Napier. This is Barbara Pym's world at its funniest and most touching.
Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over eighty books on a wide array of subjects, including the award-winning The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. He is also the author of the Isabel Dalhousie novels and the world's longest-running serial novel, 44 Scotland Street. His books have been translated into forty-six languages. Alexander McCall Smith is Professor Emeritus of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and holds honorary doctorates from thirteen universities.
  • Contributor: Barbara Pym
  • Imprint: Virago Press Ltd
  • ISBN13: 9781844085262
  • Number of Pages: 304
  • Packaged Dimensions: 135x205x25mm
  • Packaged Weight: 450
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
  • Release Date: 2008-07-03
  • Series: Virago Modern Classics
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over eighty books on a wide array of subjects, including the award-winning The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. He is also the author of the Isabel Dalhousie novels and the world's longest-running serial novel, 44 Scotland Street. His books have been translated into forty-six languages. Alexander McCall Smith is Professor Emeritus of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and holds honorary doctorates from thirteen universities.

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