A HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY

by Nan Fairbrother ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 7, 1965

This particular house in the country is the dream house of a British doctor's wife. In a style as good-humored as her chapter headings (Moving, Why? Searching, Where? Planning, What? Building, Up, Living, In), she tells all, from incipient longings to ultimate satisfaction. The Fairbrothers, with two adolescent sons, wanted a house for their middle age, to supplement their town house. They settled on the Home Counties, not too far from London, then set about planning an abode with a heart-of-the-house kitchen. First came the bull dozer, then the builders (at the time of the cuckoo), complete with a dog hanger-on, and accepted as necessary for construction (""We are building the house, and the workmen are the elaborate, highly skilled tool we are using to do it""). Building proceeds with much camaraderie until finally, two and a half years laters the house is complete, moved into (the moving men provide more opportunity for convivial, considerate association), the summer enjoyed...and with falls the return to London after the house has been properly put to bed. Ladies of similar persuasion will find this a delight.

Pub Date: May 7, 1965

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Knopf

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1965

Categories: NONFICTION