A review by barbaraalfond
All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West

5.0

“Mother was wonderful, but what was to be done with Mother? Evidently, she could not go on being wonderful for the rest of her life.” Oh, really? Just watch her!

In this droll, and very smart novel, Vita Sackville-West skewers the conventional wisdom as she, and her doppelgänger Lady Slane, prove that there is life and, miraculously, freedom after widowhood. Doddering , mouldering mourning? No way!