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What a surprise what an amazing romp. “books to cheer you up in dull dark Jan.and that it certainly did .Very similar tothe wonderful cazalet chronicles and everyone jumping into bed with each other which may or may not have happened who knows ? I wish I knew my grandparents now as an adult and not just as a child and I‘d have asked them and laughed . Great book fabulous writing wonderful dialogue fantastic characterisation it whips along Lovedit

This is a book that I happily read again and again.

If I'm a bit quiet on here on Sunday it's because I will be celebrating my gran's 90th birthday!

I've got her the tagged book (she was born in 1929 & lived in Cornwall for a while), along with a daffodils bookmark (she ❤ the poem by Wordsworth) & some notebooks for shopping lists!

Thank you for the package of books @LapReader ! Thanks for picking The Camomile Lawn off my TBR; that's a blame it on @Centique addition 😁 & sounds like just the kind of novel to sink into during the hols. Love the bookmark and the soap!

Thank you so much for organising the #FavoritePoetSwap @LazyDays ❤️

A great book about a group of young upper middle class people coming of age during WWII in London and Cornwall and the way the war enabled them to lead unconventional lives. The characters are sympathetic and their stories are quirky. A surprisingly light hearted book about WWII.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Completely recommended. I'll definitely re-read this. Stack it already! 😉

I definitely want to read another book by Mary Wesley.

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Set during WWII this was a wonderful story of family relationships and how the war changed lives. I had a hard time putting the book down. There was a lot of everyone sleeping with everyone but no sex described. The movie version is on Acorn right now.

This modern classic is a WWII in England story but it‘s different to any I‘d read. Mary Wesley was 72 when writing this - it feels like she was writing about what she saw. You expect something gentle from the title? Well Mary starts saying “f#%k” from Page 2. 😂 There are 5 cousins who stay with an aunt and uncle in Cornwall every summer. We follow them, the neighbour boys, the aunt and uncle and a refugee couple through the war. ⬇️

I always meant to read this — I enjoyed the tv series — but it slipped through the net. Nice to be reminded.
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/in-praise-of-older-books-the-camomile-l...

School holidays have commenced, the weather is fine & I have just come back from the Royal Day Spa downstairs in preparation for my 38th birthday celebration weekend. Nails are done & while I wait for my fake tan to cure I‘m indulging in a bit of Mary Wesley & drinking white wine from Naked Wines on my balcony overlooking the ocean. I‘ve these holidays all to myself. Kidlets are in Vanuatu & Stewy will be at work. Imagine all the reading I can do.

Tonight's TV... I'm sure a lot of you recognise Calypso... 😉 #prideandprejudice

Finished this this afternoon and it's fabulous. Can't think why it took me so long to read it. All the characters are complex and do some things you may not agree with but you're still rooting for (most of) then. There's some deeply dubious stuff going on here, but but you just can't put it down!

My current read after a trip to the secondhand bookshop after finding that book of Mary Wesley's letters the other day.

Mary Wesley was well into her #goldenyears when her writing career took off - her first novel (of 10!) was published when she was 71.

The Camomile Lawn is probably the most well-known (and the only one I've read) - the story of cousins, a long hot summer in Cornwall, 1939, and life in Wartime London.

#junetunz @Cinfhen

#day16 #marchintoreading #greencovers on an accidental theme of lawns on the covers! Enjoyed all of these..... 😊

Currently reading this one.