![]() ![]() Marathon, in thrall to first her father, and later her elder sister Mildred. Life she sacrificed to her exacting family.Īged, Laura Percival has spent her life at the Percival family mansion Native Belfast it is the story of a woman’s cautious attempt to reclaim the Psychologically astute novel of family tyranny and dominance, the titleĭeliberately misleading with its connotations of cosiness. I first read this one in a Virago Modern Classic, and it remains my favourite of all the Janet McNeill novels I have read. Lovely Turnpike books sent me this new edition of Tea at Four o’clock, which matches perfectly my other McNeill editions. This is a (very slightly edited) repeat of a post from just over five years ago. With thanks to the Publisher for the review copy ![]()
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