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 fianc , Dulcie Mainwaring despairs of ever finding true love.
Set in London in the early 1960s, No Fond Return of Love is a.
That is, until Dulcie\'s eighteen-year-old niece moves in with Viola, and the young girl soon catches Aylwin\'s roving eye.
When her amorous pursuit prompts Aylwin\'s wife to leave him, the academic heartthrob is wide open to Viola\'s romantic attentions.
The fact that Aylwin is married doesn\'t stop Viola.
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.
After being jilted by her fianc , Dulcie Mainwaring despairs of ever finding true love.
Three lonely people come together in this poignant, witty novel of star-crossed romance from the New York Times-bestselling author of Jane and Prudence.
Her 1977 novel Quartet in Autumn was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
She produced thirteen novels, the last three published posthumously.
Pym is the only author to be named twice in a Times Literary Supplement list of the most underrated novelists of the century.
Her first book, Some Tame Gazelle (1950), launched her career as a writer beloved for her social comedies of class and manners. -John Betjeman Barbara Pym (1913-1980) was a bestselling and award-winning English novelist. -Jilly Cooper A splendid, humorous writer. -Shirley Hazzard No novelist brings more telling observation or more gentle pleasure. comic, heartrending, brave; in short, like life itself. . . -Mary Gordon .
No Fond Return of Love. . .
With sheer joy I read Barbara Pym\'s .
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.
That is, until Dulcie\'s eighteen-year-old niece moves in with Viola, and the young girl soon catches Aylwin\'s roving eye.
When her amorous pursuit prompts Aylwin\'s wife to leave him, the academic heartthrob is wide open to Viola\'s romantic attentions.
The fact that Aylwin is married doesn\'t stop Viola.
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.
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 fianc , Dulcie Mainwaring despairs of ever finding true love
