''The Blessing'' by Nancy Mitford with an
introduction by Alex Kapranos. It isn't just Nanny who
finds it difficult in France when Grace and her young
son Sigi are finally able to join her dashing
aristocratic husband Charles-Edouard after the war. For
Grace is out of her depth among the fashionably dressed
and immaculately coiffured French women, and shocked by
their relentless gossiping and bed hopping. When she
discovers her husband's tendency to lust after every
pretty girl he sees, it looks like trouble. And things
get even more complicated when little Sigi steps
in...''The Blessing'' is a hilarious tale of love,
fidelity, and the English abroad, tailored as
brilliantly as a New Look Dior suit. ''Entirely
original, inimitable and irresistible''.
(''Spectator''). ''Deliciously funny''. (Evelyn Waugh).
''Utter, utter bliss''. (''Daily Mail''). Nancy Mitford
was the eldest of the infamous Mitford sisters, known
for her membership in 'The Bright Young Things' clique
of the 1920s and an intimate of Evelyn Waugh; she
produced witty, satirical novels with a cast of
characters taken directly from the aristocratic social
scene of which she was a part.Her novels, ''Wigs on the
Green'', ''The Pursuit of Love'', ''The Blessing'' and
''Don't Tell Alfred'', are available in single paperback
editions from Penguin or as part of ''The Penguin
Complete Novels of Nancy Mitford'' which also includes
''Highland Fling'', ''Christmas Pudding'' and ''Pigeon
Pie''. This edition of ''The Blessing'' features a new
introduction by Alex Kapranos. |
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