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Provincial Daughter R.M. Dashwood

Provincial Daughter By R.M. Dashwood

Provincial Daughter by R.M. Dashwood


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Condition - Very Good
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Summary

* A wonderfully witty precursor to BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY from the real-life daughter -- who appeared as Vicky in her mother's DIARY OF A PROVINCIAL LADY -- of E.M. Delafield *

Provincial Daughter Summary

Provincial Daughter by R.M. Dashwood

Tuesday, 23rd 'Late nights do not suit me. Try to think I look interestingly haggard but have to admit that Unkempt Blowsiness is fitter description' Way before that city slicker, Bridget Jones, there was the Provincial Daughter -- an intelligent woman juggling too little money with too many kids in rural obscurity. In between taking deliveries of coal and attending ghastly provincial parties, our heroine makes tentative forays into the bright lights of London, seeking literary fame and fortune.

Provincial Daughter Reviews

Observations of daily life are sometimes very funny and the narrator has a good line in self-deprecation ... * The Times *
It is beautifully written, charming, heart-warming, entertaining, instructive, and delightful -- Kate Macdonald
Observations of daily life are sometimes very funny and the narrator has a good line in self-deprecation... * THE TIMES *

About R.M. Dashwood

R. M. Dashwood (1924-2007) was the daughter of Arthur Paul Dashwood and a well-known author, E. M. Delafield. During World War Two, she joined the Women's Auxillary Air Force. She then attended Somerville College at the University of Oxford where she met her husband. She wrote Provincial Daughter which has similar style to her mother's book Diary of a Provincial Lady which is a bestselling Virago Modern Classic. In her later life, Dashwood moved to Canada with her husband where she became one of the most talented runners in Canadian history and set the record for the fastest 10k for a woman aged 65 and over. She continued to run till she died in British Columbia.

Additional information

GOR002420253
9781860499500
1860499503
Provincial Daughter by R.M. Dashwood
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Little, Brown Book Group
20020502
224
N/A
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