Lolly Willowes
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The book I'll be pressing into people's hands forever is
Lolly Willowes
. . . Starting as a straightforward, albeit beautifully written family saga, it tips suddenly into extraordinary, lucid wildness
The book I'll be pressing into people's hands forever is
Lolly Willowes
. . . Starting as a straightforward, albeit beautifully written family saga, it tips suddenly into extraordinary, lucid wildness
A great shout of life and individuality ... an act of defiance that gladdens the soul
My comfort read
Sylvia Townsend Warner
(1893-1978) grew up in rural Devonshire before moving to London and writing her debut novel,
Lolly Willowes
(1926). With her partner Valentine Ackland, she was active in the Communist Party and served in the Red Cross during the Spanish Civil War. Her novels include
Mr Fortune's Maggot
,
The True Heart
,
Summer Will Show
,
After the Death of Don Juan
,
The Corner That Held Them
and
The Flint Anchor
.