The Camomile Lawn
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."
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."
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140123920 (014012392X)
ASIN: 014012392X
Publish date: April 1st 1990
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
War,
Contemporary,
Modern,
World War II
Mary Wesley makes me feel like she knows a little bit more about this story than she’s letting on. From the moment I started The Camomile Lawn, I felt like at least some part of it must be autobiographical. I was also trying to figure out how I missed this one — first published in 1984, with a minis...
Read by Siân Phillips.Too soon to listen to a re-read.