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'It's a storm in a tea-cup, of course, but then we happen to live in a tea-cup!' So begins Camilla Lacely's charming, witty diary of life as a vicar's wife in a mid-sized town outside of Manchester in the anxious, early days of World War II. The 'everything and nothing' that happens include a controversy swirling around the curate's pacifist sermon (through which, alas, Camilla napped, making it difficult for her to discuss with outraged parishioners), servant problems, anxieties about Camilla's son off training with his regiment, the day-to-day worries of friends, and a potential romance in the town ... or are there two romances? Readers of Bewildering Cares might well be reminded of the likes of E.M. Delafield or Angela Thirkell, but Peck offers her own distinct take--sometimes hilarious, sometimes touching--on the ironies and heartbreaks (not to mention the storms in teacups) of domestic life, community, faith and life during wartime. This new edition includes an introduction by social historian Elizabeth Crawford. '(Winifred Peck) deserves our real gratitude for making us laugh in these troublous days' Times Literary Supplement 'A romantic who was as sharp as a needle' Penelope Fitzgerald… (altro)
I probably would appreciate the humor in this book more if I had grown up in England. However, I am enough of an Anglophile in my reading to know something of Church of England and English village life to have several chuckles while reading this book. Glad that I picked it up when it was offered as a freebie! ( )
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"These bewildering cares Which weigh us down who live and earn our bread" —William Morris
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My husband, Arthur Lacely, is the Vicar of Saint Simon's, Stampfield, North Midlandshire. To the lay mind, the word Vicar conjures up at once,I know, either an image of a thin, fussy, short-sighted fanatic, with bicycle-clips confining his black trousers, or o a stout, bald, spheroid in a surplice rising over the top of a pulpit.
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'It's a storm in a tea-cup, of course, but then we happen to live in a tea-cup!' So begins Camilla Lacely's charming, witty diary of life as a vicar's wife in a mid-sized town outside of Manchester in the anxious, early days of World War II. The 'everything and nothing' that happens include a controversy swirling around the curate's pacifist sermon (through which, alas, Camilla napped, making it difficult for her to discuss with outraged parishioners), servant problems, anxieties about Camilla's son off training with his regiment, the day-to-day worries of friends, and a potential romance in the town ... or are there two romances? Readers of Bewildering Cares might well be reminded of the likes of E.M. Delafield or Angela Thirkell, but Peck offers her own distinct take--sometimes hilarious, sometimes touching--on the ironies and heartbreaks (not to mention the storms in teacups) of domestic life, community, faith and life during wartime. This new edition includes an introduction by social historian Elizabeth Crawford. '(Winifred Peck) deserves our real gratitude for making us laugh in these troublous days' Times Literary Supplement 'A romantic who was as sharp as a needle' Penelope Fitzgerald
I probably would appreciate the humor in this book more if I had grown up in England. However, I am enough of an Anglophile in my reading to know something of Church of England and English village life to have several chuckles while reading this book. Glad that I picked it up when it was offered as a freebie! ( )