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A review by we_are_all_mad_here26
The Flowering Thorn by Margery Sharp
4.0
London 1929, and a woman who adopts a four-year-old child primarily for the amusing anecdotes his existence might provide. When she decides that surely he can be left at home alone until 3am - after all, he's sleeping so peacefully! - I really thought, no. I cannot tolerate this woman for another 200+ pages.
Of course I was wrong; Margery Sharp's writing is wonderful and her characters sharply realistic. Nothing sentimental here at all and yet somehow, all the appropriate sentiments come though.
Side note: no matter what you might be writing, it can almost always be improved by the inclusion of a post office and a vicar.
Of course I was wrong; Margery Sharp's writing is wonderful and her characters sharply realistic. Nothing sentimental here at all and yet somehow, all the appropriate sentiments come though.
Side note: no matter what you might be writing, it can almost always be improved by the inclusion of a post office and a vicar.