Cheerfulness Breaks In - Virago Modern Classics

'You read her, laughing, and want to do your best to protect her characters from any reality but their own' New York TimesIt is summer 1939 and the social event of the year is about to take place: Rose Birkett, a flighty beauty with a penchant for breaking engagements and hearts, is finally getting married, and the whole village - especially her parents - breathes a sigh of relief.By autumn, however, summer weddings seem a distant memory as war reaches Barsetshire. While the younger generation throws itself into the war effort with cheerful aplomb, older residents remember the last war keenly, and are fearful. When an entire London school of evacuees arrive, as well as a number of refugees, the village rallies round to accommodate them. Some inhabitants, though, fail to welcome the newcomers with open arms. First published in 1940, this is a humorous and poignant picture of wartime in a rural community.

ISBN:	9780349013411
Publisher:	Little, Brown
Imprint:	Virago
Published date:	20 Aug 2020
DEWEY:	823.912
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Sales rank:	23478
Number of pages:	336
Weight:	262g
Height:	127mm
Width:	196mm
Spine width:	26mm

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