annebug 's review for:

Wild Strawberries by Angela Thirkell

5.0

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This is the book that sets the scene for so many books that follow. If you can tolerate the biases of her class and time, Thirkell can't be beat. She chronicled English society in real time, as she cranked out a book a year for close to 30 years, from servant troubles in the 30's to lack of servant troubles in the 50's. Great if you like funny drawing-room humor, although she got a little overwrought in her latter years.