| The Girls of Slender Means Contributor(s): Spark, Muriel (Author), McCaddon, Wanda (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1433220148 ISBN-13: 9781433220142 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $36.00 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: This is Sparks witty portrait of a London ladies' hostel just emerging from the shadow of World War II. While the young women do their best to act as if the world were back to normal, their giddy peregrinations hide some tragic war wounds. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.3" W x 6.6" (0.45 lbs) 3 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Long ago in 1945 all the nice people in England were poor, allowing for exceptions..." Thus begins Muriel Spark's tragic and rapier-witted portrait of a London ladies' hostel just emerging from the shadow of World War II. Like the May of Teck Club building itself--"three times window shattered since 1940 but never directly hit"--its lady inhabitants do their best to act as if the world were back to normal, practicing elocution and jostling over suitors and a single Schiaparelli gown. But the novel's harrowing ending reveals that the girls' giddy literary and amorous peregrinations are hiding some tragically painful war wounds. |
Contributor Bio(s): Spark, Muriel: - Muriel Spark (1918-2006) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was the author of over twenty novels, including The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, as well as critical biographies, radio plays, children's books, poetry, and short-story collections. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1993 and a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres in 1996. McCaddon, Wanda: -Wanda McCaddon (a.k.a. Nadia May or Donada Peters) has narrated well over six hundred titles for major audiobook publishers, has earned numerous Earphones Awards, and was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine. |