The Vacillations of Poppy Carew

by Mary Wesley

Book Overview

A reading by Anna Massey of the novel by Mary Wesley, the author of "A Sensible Life", "An Imaginative Experience" and "Not That Sort of Girl". This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140108289
• ISBN13: 9780140108286
• Release Date: May 1988
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

A wonderfully entertaining read

This book is full of charm, wit and excellent writing. The characters are richly drawn, quirky and entertaining. Wesley has a way of pinning down the fine details of human behavior and showing them in a sympathetic but humorous light. Poppy's vacillations are completely understandable and her struggles to get herself unstuck from a bad relationship are tragic yet funny. Wesley gives her characters the kind of dignity that makes us love them, even when they are not being very loveable. This is the mark of a great writer.

One of her very best

I've read all the Mary Wesley books I can find, and this one is my favorite. It's better if you have read her _The_Camomile_ Lawn_ first; but this is a very different book, lighter-hearted than some of her stories. It is funny, sometimes touching, and refuses to turn out the way you expect. Really delightful.