The Camomile Lawn (Paperback)

by Mary Wesley (Author)

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Product Details

Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Black Swan; New edition edition (Feb 13 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 055299491X
ISBN-13: 978-0552994910
Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.2 x 2.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 227 g

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Five cousins gather on their aunt’s camomile lawn and talk about the coming war. It is the last summer of their youth. Over the next few years they remain united by shared losses and loves, family ties and the absurd conditions imposed by the war. Through it all, they try to hang onto the part of themselves that laughed and played games on that camomile lawn. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Sad, funny, and whimsical, The Camomile Lawn is the story of one extended family's adventures in London during the Blitz. "A distinctive, absorbing novel, told with a true storyteller's verve, an enchanting ability to involve, touch and surprise the reader." --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars War time experiences., Jun 14 2001

By	Beverley Strong (Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I found this to be a delightful story ,set firstly in just pre-war England,about a group of cousins and how they interact with each other as the war begins. I wonder if the sexual licenses taken were really a reflection of how young people felt at that time--live for all your worth today for tomorrow we'll probably be dead-- or would it have happened an any case.You really come to grips with these characters as the book is written by a woman in her 70's who HAS lived and obviously knows what she's writing about. Great read and I'll be looking for more by Mary Wesley--a woman after ny own heart.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The latest English novel I have devoured.., Dec 30 2000

By	Allen T. Sasser "Englishleigh" (Alabama) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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..and I loved it. I particularly like English settings during World War II, and this wasn't a disappointment! The adventures and misadventures of a group of cousins during the war, the sexual tension and attraction between two of them, and the general soap opera atmosphere is told in flashbacks by the cousins' elderly aunt as she is on her way to a funeral, the funeral of her own wartime lover. The book itself reminded me of "The Cazalet Chronicles" series by Elizabeth Jane Howard, which I also highly recommend, though with racier language. This is the first of Mary Wesley's novels that I have read, but it certainly won't be the last.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of my all-time favourites for holiday reading, April 15 1997

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Vividly paints a picture of wartime life in London and rural England, from the point of view of some unorthodox characters. It is one of my all-time favourite books - not because it is particularly 'literary' or a great classic, but because it is such an absorbing and touching read. All Mary Wesley's books are good, but this one is by far the best

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