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This modern historical written inand rereleased in audio caught my eye when I read the blurb, I had visions of the old classic romantic comedy romp, Auntie Mame and I just had to give it a listen, A was in the mood for a delightful female protagonist full of whimsy who stymied everyone around her even while making their world a brighter place, And, I was spot on,

Julia Packett decides to do it up right when she comes to her estranged daughter's rescue, She's not been a respectable woman in all her life, but she was an actress so she will pull this off for Susan's sake, Straightlaced Susan is preparing to marry someone unsuited to her and contacts Julia to back her up when it comes to her guardians from Susan's father's side, Julia is determined to help, but is surprised when she encounters the prospective groom, Its up to Julia to sort things out in a way that the headstrong and always right no really, she is Susan will not suspect,
Naturally, Julia attracts trouble from the outset and all along the way, but it is when she meets Sir William Warren that she knows she's really in for it.
Sir William is a debonair, upstanding man of distinction, He'd never tolerate her past or her shenanigans, right

I had not heard of Margery Sharp before, but I am thrilled to have stumbled over her book, Her writing had that oldstyle sparkle that books from that period possess, Julia was such a colorful and vivid personality that nearly everyone else was gray and flat in comparison, She sees herself as a bad sort because she's not conventional, She loved working the theater, entertaining people, and being entertained, but there's not a mean bone in her body, Not that she hasn't crossed the line a few times or pulled some tricks to make her way along, There is excitement in living by her wits and wiles without a penny in her pocket, She's worldly without being jaded, Her heart is warm and she's plucky,

It was fun listening to Julia's scrapes and adventures and seeing her undone when true love strikes her, Julia was so charming that I was on her side even when she was at her lying, scheming best, The other characters are her foils more than anything else, but they too were engaging in their own way,

I enjoyed that this was set in the French countryside outside Aix and there was a villa/village/resort town feel to it all,

My only real niggle was that this ended abruptly, Julia's storyline was wrapped up and so were the others, I realized, when I gave it some thought, But, it just stopped rather than did a wrap up, This too was the way of some authors at that time whom I've read,

The narrator was new to me, but I enjoyed the way Anna ParkerNaples fit the story's era and tone, She did well with both genders and the social class accents along with the French as well as English, I thought she was a brilliant match for Julia which was crucial since Julia's POV was the main one,

In summary, it sparkled and had a little oldstyle sass, Those who enjoy light and romantic modern historicals written from a contemporary of the times should definitely give this one a go,

My thanks to Tantor Audio for providing this book in exchange for an honest review, Thought I'd give Margery Sharp another try, After all, Cluny Brown might have been an aberration, mightn't it Alas, this one's moral trash, too, The Nutmeg Tree is a fantastically light British social comedy from, Theatrical and bighearted Julia has been happily estranged from her daughter the product of a WWIera dalliance with a doomed soldier foryears, Then she receives a letter asking for her assistance with her daughter Susan's pending engagement Susan's very proper grandmother does not approve of the match! So Julia must journey to a tiny French village near Aix to reconnect with the rich side of the family and to meet this fellow who has captured her daughter's heart.


This book is full of social satire, loving descriptions of fancy bathrooms and explicit details of fashion and millinery, The heroine is in constant danger of receiving dirty postcards from her old friend the acrobat, She also bilks a middle aged man out of a martini andfrancs at a casino, It's all very modern and freewheeling,

I cannot understand why Ms, Sharpe's books are now all out of print, She seems to be the very fount from which chick lit sprang, If you can find this, you should totally read it,

Vintage chick lit at its finest, A middleaged for those times she wasyears old heroine named Julia who has lived a full life meets the man of her dreams, who is of a different class.
I'm always surprised that class plays such a huge role in British fiction, especially the older books, but that's probably because I'm Canadian, Anyway, Julia is a delightful character and this lighthearted romp is a very satisfying read, Julia Packett is such an interesting character, She is, to use an oldfashioned and somewhat pejorative term, no better than she ought to be, As a very young woman, she met a young lieutenant whose family was country gentry, and spent several days and nights with him, When she found herself enceinte, she wrote to him to her surprise, he returned on leave and married her, He took her home to his family and returned to the battlefields of WWshortly thereafter he was killed,

Julia had a daughter, and for several months, did her best to play the widowed Mrs, Packett, knowing, however, that she wasn't "their sort, " Eventually she returns to London and relinquishes parental rights to young Susan, leaving her to be raised by the Packetts, The elder Mrs. Packett is truly fond of Susan, raising the girl in her own image and making Susan the heir to their not inconsiderable fortune,

Mrs. Packett settleson Julia, thinking that she will likely remarry, Julia, meanwhile, follows the theatre which is in her blood, puts onplays and loses the entire amount, For years, Julia gets by on her wits, her luck, occasional bit parts, and to put it bluntly, on her back, Not a very likely heroine, right

Then one dayyears later, Julia receives a very unexpected letter from her daughter, Susan has met a young man and wants to be married but her grandmother doesn't approve, Susan pleads with her mother to join them at a country villa in France, This is where Julia's adventure really begins, And what a romp it is, although there are plenty of tender, poignant moments as well, The ending is a bit abrupt and the reader is left to fill in the blanks somewhat, but still, one is left with no doubts that the intrepid Julia will make her happy ending.


For any Betties and you know who you are:
Julia is neither an Araminta nor a Veronica, I would characterize her as Araminta's wayward sister she is easily led down the primrose path,

It was not her nature to deny: if she took lovers more freely than most women it was largely because she could not bear to see men sad when it was so easy to make them happy.

When Julia finally meets her RBD, she has qualms about her past,

“There are things I ought to tell you”

“Dont,” said Sir William, “I havent been a hermit myself, but Im not going to bore you with the details, ”

"I shouldnt be bored a bit,” said Julia, who had no tact,

"In any case I shant tell you, We start clear from now, ”
CAST

Bueno, bueno, bueno, . . primera lectura conjunta del grupo de lectura, Spoiler, ha sido un desastre, Le he puesto dos estrellas porque el libro está al menos, bien escrito, que sino se llevaba solo una, Esta novela está considerada una novela de comedia británica y una sátira de la sociedad inglesa del siglo XX, y discrepo bastante con considerarla una comedia, No tiene la gracia necesaria y frescura para considerarla como tal, por no hablar de lo sin gracia, absurda y plana que es la trama, El argumento principal sobre la reconciliación madre e hija debido a la boda tenía potencial pero se desinfla completamente a un cuarto de la novela, haciéndola insufrible y teniendo solo a personajes divagando sin rumbo fijo.
Lo único que he encontrado agradable es el pique y las pullas constantes de británicos vs, franceses. Tampoco he encontrado el por qué del título de la novela, ya que no explican nada sobre el árbol,
Los personajes son más planos que un folio de papel y van tomando y cambiando decisiones a lo largo de la historia sin ningún motivo aparente, provocando al lector la desconexión total con ellos y indeferencia absoluta.
La protagonista, Julia, me ha sacado de quicio durante todo el libro ya que no entendía sus acciones sin sentido, sus cambios de pensamiento y divagancia durante toda la trama.
Los personajes secundarios lo mismo, insulsos como patatas fritas sin sal, sobre todo la abuela y la hija, Pero la parte que se lleva el premio al mejor despropósito, es el final, por llamarlo de alguna manera, Está hecho a correprisa y creo que ni la autora sabía lo que estaba haciendo, ya que era insalvable, Dicen que la mejor

novela de la autora es Cluny Brown, pero sinceramente, no tengo ningún tipo de ganas de leerla después de haber descubierto esta, Se va al cajón de las decepciones anuales,

CAT

Bé, . . primera lectura conjunta del grup de lectura, Spoiler, ha estat un desastre, Li he posat dues estrelles perquè el llibre està almenys, ben escrit, que sinó es portava només una, Aquesta novella és considerada una novella de comèdia britànica i una sàtira de la societat anglesa del segle XX, i discrepo bastant amb considerarla una comèdia.
No té la gràcia necessària i frescor per a considerarla com a tal, per no parlar del sense gràcia, absurda i plana que és la trama, L'argument principal sobre la reconciliació mare i filla a causa de les noces tenia potencial però es desinfla completament a un quart de la novella, fentla insofrible i tenint només a personatges divagant sense rumb fix.
L'única cosa que he trobat agradable és el piqui i les pulles constants de britànics vs, francesos. Tampoc he trobat el per què del títol de la novella, ja que no expliquen res sobre l'arbre,

Els personatges són més plans que un foli de paper i van prenent i canviant decisions al llarg de la història sense cap motiu aparent, provocant al lector la desconnexió total amb ells i indeferencia absoluta.
La protagonista, Julia, m'ha fet sortir de polleguera durant tot el llibre ja que no entenia les seves accions sense sentit, els seus canvis de pensament i divagancia durant tota la trama.
Els personatges secundaris el mateix, insulsos com a patates fregides sense sal, sobretot l'àvia i la filla, Però la part que s'emporta el premi al millor despropòsit, és el final, per cridarlo d'alguna manera, Està fet a correprisa i crec que ni l'autora sabia el que estava fent, ja que era insalvable, Diuen que la millor novella de l'autora és Cluny Brown, però sincerament, no tinc cap mena de ganes de llegirla després d'haver descobert aquesta, Es va al calaix de les decepcions anuals,,Highlevel chicklit from between the wars, this was a good choice as an audiobook, It's an entertaining social comedy that is very wellwritten and doesn't go on too long, I loved Cluny Brown, and look forward to several more of her books, A fun and fluffy read,
Julia Packett was a delightful character, Well written, very funny
Set ins France, Margery Sharps witty, warmhearted novel tells the story of a freespirited mother who is reunited with her very proper daughter after sixteen years, when her daughter asks her to inspect her fiancé

Julia Packett has barely laid eyes on her daughter, Susan, since leaving her with her proper, wellheeled inlaws after her husband was killed in World War I.
Now thirtyseven, her lack of prospects hasnt dimmed her spirit or appetite for life, So when Susan asks her to come to France for the summer to persuade her grandmother to allow her to marry her fiancé, Julia sets sail with the noblest intentions of being a paragon of motherhood.

 
But at her motherinlaws vacation villa in Haute Savoie, Julia sees that her priggish but lovely daughter is completely mismatched with a man who is just like herself: a charming, clever playboy.
The arrival of Susans legal guardian, the distinguished Sir William Waring, further complicates the situation, Soon Julias efforts to pass herself off as a lady and secure her daughters happiness spin out of control, leading to romantic entanglements and madcap adventures that challenge preconceived notions about the ultimate compatibility of any two people who fall in love.

 

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El año pasado conocí a Margery Sharp en el momento oportuno, “Cluny Brown” fue una de las lecturas que más me entretuvieron del año y me enamoré tanto de su protagonista que cuando Hoja de Lata anunció la publicación de “El árbol de la nuez moscada”supe que la necesitaba en mi vida.
Además me parecía que era el momento ideal para leerlo, a comienzos de primavera,

La historia se nos presenta con una carta: en ella está la petición de Susan a su madre, Julia a la que apenas conoce, en la que expresa su deseo de verla e invitarla a su casa con el fin de que medie con su familia y pueda casarse pronto con el hombre al que ama.
Julia, envalentonada por la petición y el repentino amor maternal, emprende un viaje donde conocerá a Bryan el prometido de su hija y a otros personajes con los que vivirá vitales experiencias.


Lo que más me ha gustado del escrito es el perfil de protagonista escogido: Julia es una mujer deaños, libre y sin ataduras que siempre ha vivido por el mundo del espectáculo y ha mirado por sí misma.
En realidad, ha ido sorteando obstáculos, sin preocupaciones, sin límites pero también sin amor, Una femme fatale que incluso engañaba a hombres para que le dieran dinero, a la que le espera un destino inesperado,

Si hay algo que caracteriza las novelas de esta escritora es el gran sentido del humor con el que las dota, Sus obras son esa clase de comedias donde se ven distintas clases sociales británicas y a la vez recibimos críticas de esos estereotipos, Tiene ese tono fresco y jovial que resulta tan evasivo y refrescante en primavera,

En definitiva, a pesar de no haber disfrutado tanto en esta ocasión las comparaciones son odiosas, lo sé de la segunda obra de Margery que leo, tengo que decir que también soy plenamente consciente del beneficio que me ha ofrecido la lectura.
Pocos libros te hacen sentir bien, pasar gratos y relajantes momentos y además no requiere de concentración, se lee sola, .