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A Glass of Blessings

By: Barbara Pym
Narrated by: Patience Tomlinson
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BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY CLARE CHAMBERS

'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' RICHARD OSMAN

'My favourite writer . . . I pick up her books with joy, as though I were meeting an old, dear friend' JILLY COOPER

'The subtlest of her books . . . the sparkle on first acquaintance has been succeeded by the deeper brilliance of established art' PHILIP LARKIN

Wilmet Forsyth is well dressed, well looked after, suitably husbanded, good-looking and fairly young - but very bored. Her staid husband Rodney, a civil servant, is slightly balder and fatter than he once was. Wilmet would like to think she has changed rather less.

Her conventional life takes a turn when she meets the handsome brother of a close friend. Attractive, cultured and attentive, Piers Longridge is a delectable mystery Wilmet is determined to solve.©1958 Barbara Pym (P)2012 Library Magna Books Ltd
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I began to read this book after watching a program where it was recommended by an elderly Englishman whom I hold in high esteem.
Unfortunately after 6 chapters (to give it the benefit of the doubt), I have decided I cannot listen anymore. As a woman in my early 50’s from Australia, I have found it extremely boring. I’m not sure whether it’s the reader, or the story in general. Perhaps this is a case where reading the book might have been better.

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I read this book 35 years ago and liked it. But it is FAR superior as an audio book. Patience Tomlinson is brilliant. Barbara Pym constantly mocks her narrator, and this is more evident in Ms Tomlinson's cool, upper-crust tones. Well done. Miss Pym would be pleased.

Better than the printed book

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