by Celia Fremlin ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 25, 1969
Clare, a brooding brood-hen in an attractive first person, wonders about the man her nineteen-year-old daughter is marrying and well she might: he's thirty odd and has obviously been strangled by the silver cord while his father strung himself up in the garage. And then there's that mother of his, a fluffy, frilly little thing but.... Not quite her best, but Miss Fremlin is still a pastmistress of this form in which wit conspires with malevolence to keep the ladies of all ages in contented retirement.
Pub Date: Sept. 25, 1969
ISBN: 0897331699
Page Count: -
Publisher: Lippincott
Review Posted Online: N/A
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1969
Categories: FICTION
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