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A roaring romp through the idiosyncratic nature of British country life, this novel-populated with a cast of eccentrics in the traditional British mold-follows the fish-out-of-water story of Muriel, a 50-something woman jaded by city life, who inherits an Elizabethan manor from a man to whom she is vaguely related. Dogged by her London acquaintances-including a worthless son and daughter-in-law, a drunkard lover, and Princess Matilda, a fictional daughter of George VI and the Queen Mother-upon her move, Muriel must endure the chaos of country life in hopes of finding her own personal happy ending.…mehr

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A roaring romp through the idiosyncratic nature of British country life, this novel-populated with a cast of eccentrics in the traditional British mold-follows the fish-out-of-water story of Muriel, a 50-something woman jaded by city life, who inherits an Elizabethan manor from a man to whom she is vaguely related. Dogged by her London acquaintances-including a worthless son and daughter-in-law, a drunkard lover, and Princess Matilda, a fictional daughter of George VI and the Queen Mother-upon her move, Muriel must endure the chaos of country life in hopes of finding her own personal happy ending.
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Autorenporträt
Susanna Johnston is a former features writer for Tatler. Her books include The Picnic Papers (Hutchinson), Five Rehearsals (Chatto), Collecting - The Passionate Pastime (Viking), Parties: A Literary Companion (Macmillan) and most recently, the anthology Late Youth: An Anthology Celebrating the Joys of Being over 60 which Arcadia published to great acclaim in 2005.