Something Light

A Novel

By: Margery Sharp

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Paperback | 13 February 2018

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250 Pages

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20.32 x 13.34 x 1.27

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In 1950s London, a career girl decides it’s high time she snared herself a husband

Professional dog photographer Louisa Datchett is indiscriminately fond of men. And they take shocking advantage of her good nature when they need their problems listened to, socks washed, prescriptions filled, or employment found.

But by the age of thirty, Louisa is tired of constantly being dispatched to the scene of some masculine disaster. It’s all well and good to be an independent woman—and certainly better than a “timid Victorian wife”—but the time has come for her to marry, and marry well. With the admirable discipline and dedication she’s always displayed in any endeavor involving men, Louisa sets out on her own romantic quest.

Industry Reviews

“Brisk, bright, sly, engaging . . . a pleasure to read.” —Chicago Tribune

“Margery Sharp has done it again! Witty, clever, delightful, entertaining.” —The Denver Post

“Amusing, deftly handled.” —Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Margery Sharp
“Sharp has a touch all her own when it comes to taking on social class, sex and its consequences, and the changes that the 20th century brought to both those arenas, most especially for women. She remained, always, both polite and biting, looking at the intoxications and delusions of life and love with wit and clear-eyed sympathy.” —The New York Times

“One of the most gifted writers of comedy in the civilized world today.” —Chicago Daily News

“Highly gifted . . . a wonderful entertainer.” —The New Yorker

“[Sharp’s] dialogue is brilliant, uncannily true. . . . She is an excellent storyteller.” —Elizabeth Bowen

“It is as natural for Miss Sharp to be witty as for a brook trout to have spots.” —The Saturday Review of Literature

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