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The Camomile Lawn is a 1984 novel by Mary Wesley beginning with a family holiday in Cornwall in the last summer of peace before the Second World War. When the family is reunited for a funeral nearly fifty years later, it brings home to them how much the war acted as a catalyst for their emotional liberation. [1]
- Mary Wesley
- United Kingdom
- 1984
- English
Jan 1, 2001 · 1,888 reviews 245 followers. November 9, 2013. The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley is a provocative novel that tells the story of five cousins during their annual holiday in a house by the sea. It is the summer of 1939, the last the cousins will share together as the world is on the edge of war.
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- Mary Wesley
Jun 2, 2006 · Mary Wesley's breakthrough, war-time novel The Camomile Lawn, written when she was in her 70s, captures both the violent passions of youth and the losses of age. By Victoria Glendinning.
The Camomile Lawn is a 1984 novel by Mary Wesley beginning with a family holiday in Cornwall in the last summer of peace before the Second World War. When the family is reunited for a funeral nearly fifty years later, it brings home to them how much the war acted as a catalyst for their emotional liberation.
Apr 21, 2018 · Julie Parsons. Sat Apr 21 2018 - 06:00. Summer 1939 and cousins Calypso, Polly, Walter, Oliver and Sophy gather in their Uncle Richard’s Cornwall home. They stretch out on the camomile lawn,...
- Julie Parsons
It traps some but sets others free. Everyone’s life changes and the novel draws the characters into the activitites of thee war office and war intelligence. Having lived with two Jewish refugees, their expereince and reaction to the war is tested. London in the Blitz – those blackout curtains came in quite handy for some secret sexual ...
Nov 12, 2013 · Mary Wesley masterfully interweaves tragedy and humor in this “extraordinarily accomplished and fast-moving” novel, presenting a tale of both the world at large and the dalliances,...
