Our Spoons Came From Woolworths: A Virago Modern Classic (VMC) - Softcover

Comyns, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0860683532 ISBN 13: 9780860683537

Publisher: Virago, 2000

Synopsis

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Sophia is twenty-one years old, carries a newt -- Great Warty -- around in her pocket and marries -- in haste -- a young artist called Charles. Swept into bohemian London of the thirties, Sophia is ill-equipped to cope. Poverty, babies (however much loved) and her husband conspire to torment her. Hoping to add some spice to her life, Sophia takes up with the dismal, ageing art critic, Peregrine, and learns to repent her marriage -- and her affair -- at leisure.

But in this case virtue is more than its own reward, for repentance brings an abrupt end to a life of unpaid bills, unsold pictures and unwashed crockery . . .

About this title

Review:

The characters seem to exist in a perpetual Mad Hatter's tea-party (KATE SAUNDERS)

This is a marvellous writer (GRAHAM GREENE)

All of her books read as if she wrote them effortlessly (URSULA HOLDEN)

Book Description:

*a quirky tale of girl made good in the bohemian north London of the thirties
*for fans of Stevie Smith

About this edition

• Publisher: Virago
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0860683532
• ISBN 13: 9780860683537
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224