LAST STRAW FOR HARRIET

by Elizabeth Cadell ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

A British trifle where family complexities contribute to an amiably entertaining comedy of errors and manners. Widowed Harriet's home is crowed with her two children on Easter holiday from school, her irascible officer-brother, her older son recuperating from an accident, a refugee and a girl garden helper. The household is further complicated by Henry and Sue's irrepressible amusements and diableries, Charles' determination to have nothing to do with neighbor Clare, who chases him openly or grander Ellice-who doesn't, by the arrival of hitherto unknown Aunt Adaline. The Admiral suffers over the refugee's struggles with the English language and engages in open warfare against Henry. Clare is routed and Ellice and Charles' romance is almost smashed but saved by Adalina's resourcefulness in instructing Henry and Sue how to bring them together. Episodic, decidedly reminiscent of Thirkell in types and situations if less polished, this has however a quiet effervescence of its own.

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Publisher: Morrow

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1946

Categories: FICTION