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Mamma
Mamma | Diana Tutton
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The doomed mutual attraction of a middle-aged widow and her new son-in-law, who is much closer to her own age than her daughter's, forms the central drama in this social comedy with tragic overtones. Joanna Malling lost her husband in the first year of their marriage. At the age of 21, she was left with a baby daughter to raise alone. Now twenty years later, Libby is herself a grown woman living in London, and Joanna buys a new home to begin the next stage of her life. But her solitary existence is about to be shattered when Libby announces she is engaged. And with a change of job for her new husband Steven, the newly married couple move in with Joanna. What starts as an uneasy relationship between Joanna and Steven develops into something much more intimate and reminds Joanna of all she has missed out on. With Libby growing suspicious, Joanna must make a heart-rending decision. British Library Women Writers 1950's. Part of a curated collection of forgotten works by early to mid-century women writers, the British Library Women Writers series highlights the best middlebrow fiction from the 1910s to the 1960s, offering escapism, popular appeal, and plenty of period detail to amuse, surprise, and inform.
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Jas16
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When 41 year old widow, Joanna‘s daughter brings her new husband to live with her,she has feelings she never expected. Steven is 35 and closer in age to her than his 21 year old wife and time soon shows they have even more in common. Joanna is expected to go gracefully into old age and be content with her quiet life but she isn‘t old and might not be all that content. More contemplative than scandalous, I thought this was a gem.

LeahBergen Lovely photo! I have this one waiting for me. 6mo
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Cathythoughts
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Helen , Thankyou ! Delighted with these books ( the chocolate is long gone .. was delish 😋)
Thankyou 😘
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squirrelbrain You‘re welcome Cathy - I hope you enjoy! Have a fabulous birthday! 😘 2y
Cathythoughts Thanks , I love the books 🥰 😘 2y
batsy Oh, those books look good! ❤️ 2y
LeahBergen Ooo, I‘m glad I didn‘t buy Mamma for you! 😆😆 Lovely gifts! 2y
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LeahBergen
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Book mail!

The two latest editions from the #BritishLibraryWomenWriters series: A long out of print novel from E.M. Delafield (author of the glorious The Diary of a Provincial Lady series) and the tagged book by the author of Guard Your Daughters (another favourite of mine, published by #PersephoneBooks). Mamma is a social comedy about a middle-aged woman who falls in love with her new son-in-law.

KarenUK They are gorgeous! 😍😍😍 3y
MsMelissa I love these editions 🥰 3y
TrishB Lovely ❤️ 3y
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Kalalalatja So pretty! 😍 3y
Cathythoughts Oh they are lovely! I‘m excited too because I ordered that O Brave Music book that you recommended to @Batsy and it‘s like these ones in your post 3y
batsy Beautiful! These editions are a mood-lifter 😍 3y
batsy @Cathythoughts Yay! I love that we're all succumbing to these 😁 3y
Cathythoughts @batsy We are pushovers 😂 3y
AnneCecilie Love these covers 😍 3y
Reviewsbylola Kind of shocked Persephone hasn‘t already published these, especially the latter! 3y
ValerieAndBooks These remind me of the covers of my Barbara Pym editions! 3y
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