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Book Synopsis'Sheer, wonderful storytelling' - Chicago Tribune - in this bestselling novel now being reissued as a Great Read.
Trade ReviewPraise for R F Delderfield:
'Seldom has the enchantment of young love been so tenderly drawn as in this story' *
Literary Guild *
'A charming novel . . . recaptures with refreshing simplicity the awkwardness, excitement and delights of youth.' *
New York Times *
R.F. Delderfield is a born storyteller *
Sunday Mirror *
He built an imposing artistic social history that promises to join those of his great forebears in the long, noble line of the English novel. His narratives belong in a tradition that goes back to John Galsworthy and Arnold Bennett *
Life Magazine *
'Seldom has the enchantment of young love been so tenderly drawn as in this story' *
Literary Guild *
Sheer, wonderful storytelling *
Chicago Tribune *
Highly recommended. Combines tension with a splendid sense of atmosphere and vivid characterisation. An excellent read *
Sunday Express *
'A charming novel . . . recaptures with refreshing simplicity the awkwardness, excitement and delights of youth.' *
New York Times *
It is always a pleasure to read R F Delderfield, because he never seems to be ashamed of writing well . . . Today he is a bestseller wherever English language books are read *
Books and Bookmen *
Mr Delderfield's manner is easy, modest, heartwarming * Evening Standard *
