Westwood

p>WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LYNNE TRUSSbr>br>'Stella Gibbons is the Jane Austen of the twentieth century' i>The Times/i>br>br>Set in wartime London, i>Westwood/i> tells the story of Margaret Steggles, a plain bookish girl whose mother has told her that she is not the type that attracts men. Her schoolfriend Hilda has a sunny temperament and keeps her service boys 'ever so cheery'. When Margaret finds a ration book on Hampstead Heath the pompous writer Gerard Challis enters both their lives. Margaret slavishly adores Challis and his artistic circle; Challis idolises Hilda for her hair and her eyes and Hilda finds Gerard's romantic overtures a bit of a bind. This is a delightfully comic and wistful tale of love and longing./p> p>WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LYNNE TRUSSbr>br>'Stella Gibbons is the Jane Austen of the twentieth century' i>The Times/i>br>br>Set in wartime London, i>Westwood/i> tells the story of Margaret Steggles, a plain bookish girl whose mother has told her that she is not the type that attracts men. Her schoolfriend Hilda has a sunny temperament and keeps her service boys 'ever so cheery'. When Margaret finds a ration book on Hampstead Heath the pompous writer Gerard Challis enters both their lives. Margaret slavishly adores Challis and his artistic circle; Challis idolises Hilda for her hair and her eyes and Hilda finds Gerard's romantic overtures a bit of a bind. This is a delightfully comic and wistful tale of love and longing./p>