I really thought that I was going to like this book. England post WWI, village setting, charming concept - two young men invent an old lady and tell someone about her. And she arrives in their village and proceeds to wreak havoc. The synopsis makes it sound funny and charming and mysterious. ...
This book is right up my alley - a Bloomsbury reissue of a lost 1940's British gem. While on vacation in Ireland, friends Norman and Henry amuse themselves by going into a church and find themselves telling them sexton that they know someone who know's the old pastor. An 83 year old woman poet ...