The two were friends and had been for many years before Miss Douglas, a little battered by war experiences, had settled down in Threipford, to Mrs.
This new edition includes an introduction by Elizabeth Crawford..
Lorimer\'s Quiet Summer is not only an irresistible family story, but undoubtedly provides some indication of the inspiring friendship between these two brilliantly talented women.
First published in 1953, Mrs.
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In real life, Molly Clavering was herself for many years a neighbour and close friend of bestselling author D.
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Unmarried Grace (\'Gray\') Douglas, meanwhile, has struggles of her own, but is drawn delightfully into her friend\'s difficulties.
Lucy Lorimer, the more successful author, with her four children, in-laws, and grandchildren gathered for a Summer reunion, must try to avert disaster in one daughter\'s marriage, help a daughter-in-law restless with mundane married life after flying planes in the war, and deal with the awkward reappearance of an old flame.
Lucy possessed what Gray knew she herself would never have, a quality which for want of a better name she called "saleability." In what is surely Molly Clavering \'s most autobiographical novel, two middle-aged women writers, close friends and neighbours, offer one another advice and support while navigating life in a lively Border village.
Both wrote; each admired the other\'s work. ...
Lorimer\'s Quiet content.
The two were friends and had been for many years before Miss Douglas, a little battered by war experiences, had settled down in Threipford, to Mrs
