Nothing to Report

I have told Rose that there will be a chauffeur for dinner she ended frowning slightly at the cannibalistic sound of her sentence.Unmarried and nicknamed Button by her friends Mary Morrison is a (very mildly) distressed gentlewoman. She no longer lives in her family home but remains at the very centre of village life surrounded by friends including carefree irresponsible Catha Lady Rollo just back from India and setting up lavish housekeeping nearby with her husband and children--socialist Tony perfect Crispin and Elizabeth whos preparing to be presented at Court. Then theres Marcelle Marys widowed sister-in-law and her challenging daughter Rosemary who may soon be planting themselves with her to escape London bombs Miss Rosanna Masquerier a historical novelist who might just be a wry self-portrait of the author and an array of other Sirs and Ladies who rely on Marys sympathy and practicality. And perhaps theres just a hint of romance as well . . .Known for her bestselling historical fiction in Nothing to Report Carola Oman delightfully evokes E.M. Delafields Provincial Lady in her portrayal of an English village cheerfully hilariously and sometimes bumpily progressing from obliviousness to the wars approach to pulling together for king and country. Dean Street Press and Furrowed Middlebrow have also reprinted Omans Somewhere in England a sequel to Nothing to Report.