Mary Wesley - A Sensible Life
I only read Mary Wesley’s ‘A Sensible Life’ because it was taking up too much room on my bookshelf but it proved a most enjoyable read. Beginning in 1926 it combines an eclectic mix of English middle-class families who are in Brittany for the Easter Holidays. Flora, whose parents are too wrapped up in themselves to care much what happens to her is lonely and alone yet she captures the hearts of two sisters and three young men on the verge of adulthood. Flora’s story, woven with interesting characters spans 40 years during which time she is lost, betrayed and moreover loved. A completely satisfying read.