Growing Up is the story of ladies, gentlemen, and their irrepressible children keeping the war at bay in their country town. Trying to do their part as World War II ravages Europe, Sir Harry and Lady Waring open their estate to convalescing soldiers - bringing romance, drama, and subtle life lessons to the Warings' young niece and her friends.
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These novels were published in 1944 and 1945, respectively. Both are set in Thirkell's fictional English county of Barsetshire and relate the characters' emotional responses to the war.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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That Angela Thirkell is a wily one....You read her, relaxed and smiling from the first word to the last. And at the end you find she has managed somehow or other to slip your guard a comprehensive and solid impression of life in an English village during wartime. That's art! -- Book Week
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Another gem,
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Showing the struggles and hardships during the war years on the homefront in Britain, Growing Up brings back old favorites and introduces new friends. It shows the anxiety of the unknown, always present for those with loved ones serving in the war and humor abounds in new characters; Selina, Doris and Lily-Anne the railway porters, Nannie and old Jasper. Old friends from previous books in the series; Tony Morland, Mrs. Morland, Tommy Needham, Lydia and Noel Merton, Octavia Crawley, and Philip Winter make for a delightful reunion.
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This review is from: Growing Up (Hardcover)
Like the reviewer who disliked the characters in this novel so much, I am midway through reading all Thirkell's Barsetshire novels chronologically. I too think some of her books are better than others. (So far, I think the best is August Folly and the worst Northbridge Rectory; Growing Up falls somewhere in between.)What I don't understand is how someone who hates Leslie and Lydia (the two main characters in Growing Up) could like any of Thirkell's other books. None of the Barsetshire novels are very different from any other; for those who like them that is part of their charm. They are predictable and slightly snobbish, but light and enjoyable reading for readers who appreciate this variety of English wit.
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Fresher than some Thirkell,
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This is a sweet book. Very like the typical Thirkell but addresses the question form two characters..."Are we grown up, yet?" Well done!
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