Uprooted from war-torn London, Alda Lucie-Brown and her three daughters start a new life at Pine Cottage in rural Sussex. Unsuited to a quiet life, Alda attempts to orchestrate - with varying degrees of success - the love affairs of her neighbours. Her unwilling subjects include an Italian POW, a Communist field-hand, a battery-chicken farmer and her intelligent friend Jean.
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Uprooted from war-torn London, Alda Lucie-Brown and her three daughters start a new life at Pine Cottage in rural Sussex. Unsuited to a quiet life, Alda attempts to orchestrate - with varying degrees of success - the love affairs of her neighbours. Her unwilling subjects include an Italian POW, a Communist field-hand, a battery-chicken farmer and her intelligent friend Jean.
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New. 2011. Paperback. Uprooted from war-torn London, Alda Lucie-Brown and her three daughters start a new life at Pine Cottage in rural Sussex. Unsuited to a quiet life, Alda attempts to orchestrate-with varying degrees of success-the love affairs of her neighbours. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 310......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Add this copy of The Matchmaker to cart. $30.49, very good condition, Sold by Halcyon Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from LONDON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1949 by Longmans, Green and Co.
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Very good. Longmans, Green and Co. 1949 first edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm. No dust jacket, shelf wear to cover. ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL.
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When you consider the delightfully ascerbic wit Stella Gibbons showed in her two books about Cold Comfort Farm, you may find this one a disappointment. The characters don't have the sharp edges we expect. This appears to be a pot-boiler and little more.