Part of the Furniture
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (911 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0670873632 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Wesley Does It Again! O.K., so the fix is in. Mary Wesley is my favorite writer, so naturally you would expect I would love her latest book, "Part of the Furniture." Of course, you are right -- and boy did I! Wesley is now 85 years old and her writing seems to get better with her age. In this great book, the main character, Juno Marlowe has to find out the difference between adolecent and real lasting true love. The novel takes place during WWII, but this is only secondary to romance, the true focus of the novel. As usual, there is plenty of comedy that can be found here as well (one of Wesely's trademarks). While I cannot say this is We. "World War II Fairy Tale" according to Jo Manning. The only negative thing anyone can say about Mary Wesley's novels is that there are so few of them! Not one of England's most prolific authors, Wesley is nonetheless one of its most unique writers. Each novel is a gem! (Harnessing Peacocks is my all-time favorite.) This bittersweet fairy tale concerns the intrepid Juno, who, betrayed by her girlhood heroes (a pair of beastly cousins off to fight WWII) in the worst way imaginable for a young, impressionable woman, goes on to survive and prosper, surrounded by love and affection. A triumph of the human spirit, it's a May-December romance readers will hold dear to thei. Brilliant! I am so happy to have discovered Ms. Wesley. You must read this work of fantasy, romance and historical fiction. It is a treasure and superbly executed! I am in love with her style.
It is early in 1941, and June Marlowe, with no home and no family to turn to accepts the offer of a home from a frail stranger, older than his years. Here she may find peace; here she will no longer be part of the furniture.. A series of events takes her to a house in the West Country and the blossoming of an English spring into which war only occasionally intrudes
Here Juno meets the stranger's father, a man considerably older than herself, and finds her soulmate. If there's such a thing as a steely-eyed romantic, Mary Wesley is one. . We first meet Juno during the World War II blitz of London; she is suffering the twin effects of rape and having to sleep next to a dead stranger during an air raid. Other novelists might have chosen to plumb these traumatic events for several chapters at least, but Wesley gives them no more time than she thinks they deserve and then moves quickly on to