Grass in Piccadilly

By: Noel Streatfeild

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Synopsis: Once fashionable and plush with flowers, post-war Mayfair has lost its dazzling charm. But that didn’t stop Charlotte Nettel and her husband Sir John from swapping life in the quiet northern countryside to convert their roomy Mayfair townhouse into flats.Their tenants come in all shapes and sizes – from pregnant couple Jack and Jenny to German migrants Paula and Heinrich – and they provide a constant stream of both entertainment and anxiety. But it’s Charlotte’s stepdaughter Penny, a disillusioned young women born into the uneasy interwar world, who proves to be the most difficult and scandalous tenant . . .Flashing between the lives of each tenant Carnegie Medal winning author Noel Streatfeild gives us a kaleidoscopic view of post-war London in her ingenious novel, Grass in Piccadilly. For fans of Muriel Spark’s A Far Cry From Kensington.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781509876761
Publisher:: Pan Macmillan
Date of Addition:: 03/29/19
Copyrighted By:: Noel Streatfeild
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Military, Romance, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family, Humor
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.