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1925. England is prosperous; the nation has put the war behind it, and hope is in the air. The Jazz Age is in full swing in New York, where Polly Morland is the most feted beauty of the day. But a proposal of marriage from the powerful, enigmatic Ren Alexander takes her by surprise. Her cousin Lennie, expanding his interests from radio to television and talkies, worries that no one knows much about Ren; but his attempts to find out more threaten disaster. In London, the General Strike gives the country another chance to show its stiff upper lip, as everyone turns to and helps out. Emma drives an ambulance again, while Molly runs a canteen, and each unexpectedly finds love, and a new career. But the whirligig is slowing, shadows are gathering over Europe, and the good times are almost over. Morland Place is threatened by the worst disaster of its history, and the Old World reaches out a hand to pluck Polly from the New. The Wall Street Crash brings the fabulous decade to a shattering close, and nothing will ever be quite the same again; but new shoots emerge from the ruins, hope is reborn, and the Morlands prove again that family is everything, and will endure.… (plus d'informations)
The saga of the Morland family continues -- the Morlands are hatched, matched and dispatched in the midst of the 1920s. Since one of the characters is a pilot and aircraft designer, there's quite a bit about British aviation; the General Strike of 1926 and the Crash of '29 figure in the story, as well as the extension of women's suffrage in Britain to younger women (I'd forgotten, if I ever knew, that at first only women over 30 could vote). I'm addicted to this series, which was meant to be a painless way to learn British history and does a good job of it. I'd advise reading it from the beginning, though. ( )
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New Directions 'Thank you, whatever comes.' And then she turned And, as the ray of sun on hanging flowers Fades when the wind hath lifted them aside, Went swiftly from me. Nay, whatever comes,
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For my readers, faithful followers of the Morland story who always wanted to know What Happened Next
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January 1925 Was there anything nicer, Polly wondered, than to lie in your warm bed daydreaming while a bitter New York winter morning faded from black to grey outside?
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She turned the mare, and they jogged down the hill towards warmth, light and supper.
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1925. England is prosperous; the nation has put the war behind it, and hope is in the air. The Jazz Age is in full swing in New York, where Polly Morland is the most feted beauty of the day. But a proposal of marriage from the powerful, enigmatic Ren Alexander takes her by surprise. Her cousin Lennie, expanding his interests from radio to television and talkies, worries that no one knows much about Ren; but his attempts to find out more threaten disaster. In London, the General Strike gives the country another chance to show its stiff upper lip, as everyone turns to and helps out. Emma drives an ambulance again, while Molly runs a canteen, and each unexpectedly finds love, and a new career. But the whirligig is slowing, shadows are gathering over Europe, and the good times are almost over. Morland Place is threatened by the worst disaster of its history, and the Old World reaches out a hand to pluck Polly from the New. The Wall Street Crash brings the fabulous decade to a shattering close, and nothing will ever be quite the same again; but new shoots emerge from the ruins, hope is reborn, and the Morlands prove again that family is everything, and will endure.
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