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  1. Jan 1, 1985 · 1,320 ratings93 reviews. Living happily alone in a seaside town in Cornwall, lovely Hebe supports her son at an expensive boarding school by cooking and discreetly making love for profit, until the unexpected happens. Genres FictionBritish LiteratureRomance20th CenturyModern Literary Fiction Contemporary. ...more.

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    • Mary Wesley
  2. Harnessing Peacocks is great fun, and is a well acted, well presented, rather saucy drawing room comedy, that also manages to expose the hypocrisy of 'the right sort of people'. Vivacious, and fun, and with just a small dollop of romance.

  3. Reception. Thomas Hinde of the Sunday Telegraph described the novel as 'Delightful, intelligent entertainment'. Susan Hill of Good Housekeeping goes on to praise the author, 'Mary Wesley goes from strength to strength...She has a great zest for life...The book is tremendously lively, very funny, spirited'.

  4. Harnessing Peacocks 1993 2h 0m Drama List Reviews An illegitimate pregnancy drives a woman (Serena Scott Thomas) from her family to England where she works to support her son.

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    • Serena Scott Thomas
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  6. harnessing peacocks by Mary Wesley ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 9, 1986 A jolly roasting of an old chestnut--English upper-crust woman cheerfully and efficiently conducts a career of free-lance prostitution--but here enterprising Hebe supplements tarting income with salary as a part-time cook for elderly ladies, in order to support her 12-year-old ...

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  7. Nov 12, 2013 · by Mary Wesley (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.3 433 ratings. See all formats and editions. A young single mother funds her son’s education in a most unusual way in this “delightfully lighthearted” novel from a beloved bestselling author (Kirkus Reviews).

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  8. 2 Reviews. Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified. A young single mother funds her son’s education in a most unusual way in this...

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