A few days ago, someone in the Pym-along of Excellent Women shared a link to a wonderful article titled "Barbara Pym and the New Spinster." It referenced another article from a now-defunct website, but I was fortunately able to track down a copy. So there you are, if you haven't had the pleasure of reading it:

Marvelous Spinster: Barbara Pym at 100

And apparently, much of her own work experience went into the novel:

"During the war she’d been placed in the Censorship Department, then joined the Wrens; she now lived in London with her younger sister Hilary. She didn’t expect to make a living off her writing. She worked at the International African Institute in the editorial department, managing its journal and ushering various “dusty academic” anthropological monographs and studies through publication."

Are you interested in a buddy read of Courtney Milan's The Duchess War? Join us in the Bluestockings, Ladies and Chits group at the above URL.

We haven't settled on a start date yet, but it will be soon. [Looks like this weekend].

Use tag "duchess war read 2013" for updates/posts/reviews.

Courtney Milan writes very unique historical romance, which I think are a lot of fun!