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  • One Fine Day: The poignant classic for fans of A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY

    One Fine Day by Panter-Downes, Mollie;

    The poignant classic for fans of A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY

    Series: Virago Modern Classics; 304;

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      • Publisher's listprice GBP 9.99
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        4 772 Ft (4 545 Ft + 5% VAT)
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    Estimated delivery time: In stock at the publisher, but not at Prospero's office. Delivery time approx. 3-5 weeks.
    Not in stock at Prospero.

    Why don't you give exact delivery time?

    Delivery time is estimated on our previous experiences. We give estimations only, because we order from outside Hungary, and the delivery time mainly depends on how quickly the publisher supplies the book. Faster or slower deliveries both happen, but we do our best to supply as quickly as possible.

    Product details:

    • Publisher Little, Brown
    • Date of Publication 8 May 2025

    • ISBN 9780349019826
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages208 pages
    • Size 196x124x18 mm
    • Weight 172 g
    • Language English
    • 660

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    Long description:

    'As profound as Katherine Mansfield, restrained as Jane Austen, sharp as Dorothy Parker' Independent

    INTRODUCED BY NICOLA BEAUMAN

    The lark rose in the brilliant air, higher, higher on its spun-glass spiral of song, knowing nothing of peace or war, accepting joyously the bounty of another day.

    A hot summer's day in 1946. The village of Wealding is no longer troubled by distant sirens, yet the rusting coils of barbed wire are a reminder that something, some quality of life, has evaporated. Together again after years of separation, Laura and Stephen Marshall must find their way in an altered, shabbier world. Their rambling garden refuses to be tamed, the house seems perceptibly to crumble. Hour by hour, as the glorious weather holds, the Marshalls and their daughter Victoria are preoccupied by the small pleasures and irritations of everyday life. But alone on a hillside, as evening falls, Laura comes to see how much could have been lost - and how much the future might still hold.

    Exquisitely written and achingly poignant, One Fine Day is an unforgettable portrait of a world, and a marriage, changed forever by war - perfect for fans of Small Pleasures and A Month in the Country.


    'This short novel lyrically evokes the effect war has had on a small English village and, in particular, on one marriage . . . Beautifully written, it's a tribute to the women who held everything together as their men marched away' Daily Mail

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