Scott, Mary "Strictly Speaking" - 1969
Time for the next book by Mary Scott. This time, two friends buy an old house in the middle of nowhere to open a tea shop. But Mary Scott hardly needs any setting or concept in order to start writing a lovely little story about friendship, love, trouble and a happy end. Like all of her other books, this was a nice read.
Unfortunately, Mary Scott's books are out of print and only available second hand. I have heard in the meantime, that you can buy some of them as eBooks.
From the back cover: "So often, delightful and pretty Vicki O'Brien would begin her sentences with the words 'Strictly Speaking'. And it was one thing that Vicki rarely did, for she would tell lies - harmless little fits she called them - in order to keep everybody happy. Although this irritating habit frequently led her into trouble, even her great friend Lucy thought she would never be cured of it..."
I just finished Daddy Longlegs, such a sweet story, predictable of course, but sweet. I always enjoy epistolary novels.
ReplyDeleteI think we both do. I'm glad you like it. Yes, a sweet story indeed.
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Marianne
As far as I can tell this author is not on Goodreads. Is she the Mary Edith Scott from New Zealand? How did you discover her? How many have you read? Sorry if that is too many questions.
ReplyDeleteYes, she is. You can always find a link to Goodreads on my page by clicking on the picture, at least in the last couple of years, I'm still updating the earlier ones.
DeleteIn any case, here is a link to Mary Scott's Goodreads page. Yes, she is often referred to as Mary Edith Scott since there are a few other famous Mary Scotss around.
I discovered her in my teen years in our local library. Funnily enough, she was well known in Germany, all her books have been translated and that's how I still read them. Would love to read the originals but most of them are out of print.
I have read all of her books as you can see in this post except for the crime stories she wrote with Joyce West. Never was into crime stories but now wish I would have bought them when they were still available.
As you can tell, I love her stories. They are simple and probably would be considered chick lit nowadays but it's about a different time in a different part of the world when people really had to work very hard to just eat. And a lot of it reminds me of my childhood growing up in the countryside.
If you have more questions, I'm always happy to answer,
Marianne