Nightingale Wood Av Stella Gibbons

<p><b>'Gibbons is superb on middle class life' SAM JORDISON, <i>GUARDIAN </i></b><br><br><b>'A sharp-edged romantic comedy, we have a chance to see what we've been missing' <i>DAILY MAIL </i></b><br><br><b>'What luxury to stumble upon this quirky book, and the fascinating modern woman who wrote it' SOPHIE DAHL</b><br><br>Life is not quite a fairytale for poor Viola. Left penniless, the young widow is forced to live with her late husband's family in a joyless old house. There's Mr Wither, a tyrannical old miser, Mrs Wither, who thinks Viola is just a common shop girl and two unlovely sisters-in-law, one of whom is in love with the chauffeur. <br><br>Only the prospect of the charity ball can raise Viola's spirits - especially as Victor Spring, the local prince charming will be there. But Victor's intentions towards our Cinderella are, in short, not quite honourable . . .</p>