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Three lonely people come together in this poignant and witty novel of thwarted dreams, scandalous secrets, and star-crossed romance
After being jilted by her fiance, Dulcie Mainwaring despairs of ever finding true love. For a distraction, she goes to a publishing conference, where she meets Viola Dace, a dramatic woman who refuses to live without romance, as well as Aylwin Forbes, an editor whom Viola adores. The fact that Aylwin is married doesn t stop Viola. When her amorous pursuit prompts Aylwin s wife to leave him, the academic heartthrob is wide open to Viola s romantic attentions. That is, until Dulcie s eighteen-year-old niece moves in with Viola, and the young girl soon catches Aylwin s roving eye.Set in London in the early 1960s, No Fond Return of Love is a delightful comedy of manners that comes full circle as Dulcie discovers a love as unexpected as it is liberating."
After being jilted by her fiance, Dulcie Mainwaring despairs of ever finding true love. For a distraction, she goes to a publishing conference, where she meets Viola Dace, a dramatic woman who refuses to live without romance, as well as Aylwin Forbes, an editor whom Viola adores. The fact that Aylwin is married doesn t stop Viola. When her amorous pursuit prompts Aylwin s wife to leave him, the academic heartthrob is wide open to Viola s romantic attentions. That is, until Dulcie s eighteen-year-old niece moves in with Viola, and the young girl soon catches Aylwin s roving eye.Set in London in the early 1960s, No Fond Return of Love is a delightful comedy of manners that comes full circle as Dulcie discovers a love as unexpected as it is liberating."
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"With sheer joy I read Barbara Pym's . . . "No Fond Return of Love."" --Mary Gordon ." . . comic, heartrending, brave; in short, like life itself." --Shirley Hazzard "No novelist brings more telling observation or more gentle pleasure." --Jilly Cooper "A splendid, humorous writer." --John Betjeman
With sheer joy I read Barbara Pym s . . . "No Fond Return of Love." Mary Gordon . . . comic, heartrending, brave; in short, like life itself. Shirley Hazzard No novelist brings more telling observation or more gentle pleasure. Jilly Cooper A splendid, humorous writer. John Betjeman"
With sheer joy I read Barbara Pym s . . . No Fond Return of Love. Mary Gordon . . . comic, heartrending, brave; in short, like life itself. Shirley Hazzard No novelist brings more telling observation or more gentle pleasure. Jilly Cooper A splendid, humorous writer. John Betjeman"
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With sheer joy I read Barbara Pym s . . . "No Fond Return of Love." Mary Gordon . . . comic, heartrending, brave; in short, like life itself. Shirley Hazzard No novelist brings more telling observation or more gentle pleasure. Jilly Cooper A splendid, humorous writer. John Betjeman"
With sheer joy I read Barbara Pym s . . . No Fond Return of Love. Mary Gordon . . . comic, heartrending, brave; in short, like life itself. Shirley Hazzard No novelist brings more telling observation or more gentle pleasure. Jilly Cooper A splendid, humorous writer. John Betjeman"
One of her very best - comic, heartrending, brave; in short, like life itself' Shirley Hazzard
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- PublisherOpen Road Media Teen & Tween
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1480479691
- ISBN 13 9781480479692
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages238
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