Our spoons came from Woolworths
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New York : New York Review Books, 2015.
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Published
New York : New York Review Books, 2015.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
x, 196 pages ; 21 cm
Street Date
1510
Language
English
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"I told Helen my story and she went home and cried" begins Our Spoons Came from Woolworths. But Barbara Comyns's beguiling novel is far from maudlin, despite the ostensibly harrowing ordeals its heroine endures. Sophia is twenty-one when she marries fellow artist Charles, and she seems to have nearly as much affection for her pet newt as she does for her husband. Her housekeeping knowledge is lacking (everything she cooks tastes of soap) and she attributes her morning sickness to a bad batch of strawberries. England is in the middle of the Great Depression, and in any case, the money Sophia earns at her occasional modeling gigs are not enough to make up for her husband's lack of interest in keeping the heat on. Predictably, the marriage begins to falter; not so predictably, Sophia's optimistic guilelessness is the very thing responsible for turning her life around"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Comyns, B. (2015). Our spoons came from Woolworths . New York Review Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Comyns, Barbara, 1909-1992. 2015. Our Spoons Came From Woolworths. New York Review Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Comyns, Barbara, 1909-1992. Our Spoons Came From Woolworths New York Review Books, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Comyns, Barbara. Our Spoons Came From Woolworths New York Review Books, 2015.
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