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| Title | : | The Camomile Lawn |
| Author | : | Mary Wesley |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | June 1st 2006 by Vintage (first published 1984) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. War. World War II. European Literature. British Literature |
Mary Wesley
Paperback | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 3.86 | 3072 Users | 233 Reviews
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Behind the large house, the fragrant camomile lawn stretches down to the Cornish cliffs. Here, in the dizzying heat of August 1939, five cousins have gathered at their aunt's house for their annual ritual of a holiday. For most of them it is the last summer of their youth, with the heady exhilarations and freedoms of lost innocence, as well as the fears of the coming war. The Camomile Lawn moves from Cornwall to London and back again, over the years, telling the stories of the cousins, their family and their friends, united by shared losses and lovers, by family ties and the absurd conditions imposed by war as their paths cross and recross over the years. Mary Wesley presents an extraordinarily vivid and lively picture of wartime London: the rationing, imaginatively circumvented; the fallen houses; the parties, the new-found comforts of sex, the desperate humour of survival - all of it evoked with warmth, clarity and stunning wit. And through it all, the cousins and their friends try to hold on to the part of themselves that laughed and played dangerous games on that camomile lawn.
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| Original Title: | The Camomile Lawn |
| ISBN: | 0099499142 (ISBN13: 9780099499145) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Oliver, Calypso, Polly, Walter, Aunt Helena, Uncle Richard Cuthbertso |
| Setting: | Cornwall, England(United Kingdom) London, England(United Kingdom) |
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Ratings: 3.86 From 3072 Users | 233 ReviewsJudge Of Books The Camomile Lawn
This is a wartime story, largely set in Cornwall and London during the days immediately before WWII and the following six years, as we watch different generations deal with going to war, sending loved ones off, managing with privation and bombardment and lives turned up side down as well as changing behavioral codes. War changed lives in so many ways.Along side that story is the more modern one of survivors of the earlier time, all on their way to a funeral of one of their own. Now the formerI first came across The Camomile Lawn in the early 90s when it was a must-watch television series. From an author whose literary career had only started when she was in her seventies, it was rather racy and had a cast of well known celebrities. I was intrigued to find out how it came across as a book when I'd already seen it on television.In fact, I think the enjoyment of the book was enhanced by having a picture of the characters in my mind as the story enfolded.The camomile lawn was just a
For some time now I do carework for the elderly in the UK. People in their late 80's or even 90's, whose young years play out on the pages of this book. Often they relate to me their war-time experiences, in fact it seems, that - very understandibly - those years left the deepest marks on their lives. It struck me as strange, or weird even, that some of them spoke with quite some relish about the war years (just like Polly does in the novel). Reading this book (haven't finished yet) helps me to
This novel starts in 1935, with a group of five cousins, visiting the house of their Aunt Helena and Uncle Richard, for a holiday by the sea. There is the beautiful Calypso, siblings Walter and Polly, the brooding Oliver and young, unwanted Sophy. Add to the mix the Rectors twin sons, David and Paul and their guests, Max and Monika, married refugees, and you have the main cast of the novel.Although this begins before the war, most of the book takes place during the war and revolves around these
Sub-The Forsyte Saga frippery. This is not a compliment, it doesn't have the depth of characters or development of plot of Galsworthy's epic novel. Sub-Night and Day frippery. This is a compliment, it doesn't have the awful pretension and snobbery that Virginia Woolf could never avoid in her life or her work. So the book is essentially a quite well written saga of some not terribly interesting people who have a lot of sex and a lot of money just like in the two aforementioned novels. The plot is
DNF at 27% Unpleasant people being unpleasant. Disliked the writing style immensely.Unable to discern a plot.That's it in a nutshell. Life is too short to read books you don't enjoy.
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