A Glass Of Blessings (Virago Modern Classics) - Softcover

Pym, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844085805 ISBN 13: 9781844085804

Publisher: Virago, 2009

Synopsis

Wilmet Forsyth is well dressed, well looked after, suitably husbanded, good looking and fairly young - but very bored. Her husband Rodney, a handsome army major, is slightly balder and fatter than he once was. Wilmet would like to think she has changed rather less.

Her interest wanders to the nearby Anglo-catholic church, where at last she can neglect her comfortable household in the more serious-minded company of three unmarried priests, and, of course, Piers Longridge, a man of an unfathomably different character altogether.

About this title

Review:

The subtlest of her books - the sparkle on first acquaintance has been succeeded by the deeper brilliance of established art (Philip Larkin)

[Pym] makes me smile, laugh out loud, consider my own foibles and fantasies, and above all, suffer real regret when I reach the final page. Of how many authors can you honestly say that? (Mavis Cheek)

Barbara Pym is the rarest of treasures (Anne Tyler)

My favourite writer . . . I pick up her books with joy, as though I were meeting an old, dear friend who comforts me, extends my vision and makes me roar with laughter (Jilly Cooper)

Book Description:

Barbara Pym was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1978 and is the quintessential VMC author. Following on from the huge success of JANE AND PRUDENCE, this novel was loved by Philip Larkin who declared it 'the subtlest of her books'.

About this edition

• Publisher: Virago
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1844085805
• ISBN 13: 9781844085804
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288