Westwood
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LYNNE TRUSS
''Stella Gibbons is the Jane Austen of the twentieth century'' The Times
Set in wartime London, Westwood tells the story of Margaret Steggles, a plain bookish girl whose mother has told her that she is not the type that attracts men. Her schoolfriend Hilda has a sunny temperament and keeps her service boys ''ever so cheery''. When Margaret finds a ration book on H...
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LYNNE TRUSS
''Stella Gibbons is the Jane Austen of the twentieth century'' The Times
Set in wartime London, Westwood tells the story of Margaret Steggles, a plain bookish girl whose mother has told her that she is not the type that attracts men. Her schoolfriend Hilda has a sunny temperament and keeps her service boys ''ever so cheery''. When Margaret finds a ration book on H...
