When Flora Poste’s parents die of the “influenza or Spanish Plague” (oh dear), she’s left an orphan at age 20. If you recognize the phrase “something nasty in the woodshed” or know of a fictional plant called sukebind, you’ll appreciate the extent to which the story has entered into popular culture. It was one I had to be in just the right mood for, though – I’d picked up my secondhand copy and read the first few pages on four different occasions before it finally took. I’d heard so much about this over the years.
Both:Ĭold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (1932) A comic novel set on a Sussex farm and a look back at banner years in the friendship of two couples.
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