Barbara Pym's early novel takes us into 1950s England, where life
revolved around the village green and the local church-as seen
through the funny, engaging, yearning eyes of a restless housewife
Wilmet Forsyth is bored. Bored with the everyday routine of her
provincial village life. Bored with teatimes filled with local
gossip. Bored with her husband, Rodney, a military man who dotes on
her. But on her thirty-third birthday, Wilmet's conventional life
takes a turn when she runs into the handsome brother of her close
friend. Attractive and enigmatic, Piers Longridge is a mystery
Wilmet is determined to solve. Rather than settling down, he lived
in Portugal, then returned to England for a series of odd jobs.
Driven by a fantasy of romance, the sheltered, naive Englishwoman
sets out to seduce Piers-only to discover that he isn't the man she
thinks he is. As cozy as sharing a cup of tea with an old friend, A
Glass of Blessings explores timeless themes of sex, marriage,
religion, and friendship while exposing our flaws and foibles with
wit, compassion, and a generous helping of love. "The most
underrated novelist of the century . . . The subtlest of her
books-the sparkle on first acquaintance has been succeeded by the
deeper brilliance of established art." -Philip Larkin " Pym] makes
me smile, laugh out loud, consider my own foibles and fantasies,
and above all, suffer real regret when I reach the final page. Of
how many authors can you honestly say that?" -Mavis Cheek "Barbara
Pym is the rarest of treasures." -Anne Tyler "My favorite writer .
. . I pick up her books with joy, as though I were meeting an old,
dear friend who comforts me, extends my vision and makes me roar
with laughter." -Jilly Cooper Barbara Pym (1913-1980) was a
bestselling and award-winning English novelist. Her first book,
Some Tame Gazelle (1950), launched her career as a writer beloved
for her social comedies of class and manners. Pym is the only
author to be named twice in a Times Literary Supplement list of
"the most underrated novelists of the century." She produced
thirteen novels, the last three published posthumously. Her 1977
novel Quartet in Autumn was shortlisted for the Booker Prize."
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