Susan Settles Down

Dont please write and tell me that were mad. I know it already; and even if I didnt every friend we possess has pointed it out. My spirit is quailing at the prospect of life at Easter Hartrigg because I know what pitiful figures we shall cut as landowners in a country quite strange to us.Young Susan Parsons has just moved with her unmarried brother Oliver to a newly-inherited property in the Scottish Highlands. Their neighbours prove a mixed bag including the towering kindly Jed Armstrong a farmer whose land marches with theirs the local vicar and his family and the three gossipy Pringle sisters who travel by donkey-drawn cart and get their knives into one and all. After a bumpy start with a disagreeable cook and her nincompoop daughter as their only help Susan and Oliver begin to settle in nicely and find themselves in the midst of romance confusion and earthy hilarity.Molly Clavering was for many years the neighbour and friend of bestselling author D.E. Stevenson and they may well have influenced one anothers writing. First published in 1936 (under the pseudonym B. Mollett) and out of print for more than 80 years Susan Settles Down is one of her most cheerful and vivid romantic comedies. This new edition features an introduction by Elizabeth Crawford.