A Curious Friendship: The Story of a Bluestocking and a Bright Young Thing

by Anna Thomasson

Book Overview

The winter of 1924: Edith Olivier, alone for the first time at the age of 51, thought her life had come to an end. For Rex Whistler, a 19-year-old art student, life was just beginning. Together, they embark on an intimate and unlikely friendship that would transform their lives. Gradually Edith's world opens up and she becomes a writer. Her home, the Daye House, in a wooded corner of the Wilton estate, becomes a sanctuary for Whistler and the other...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447245539
• ISBN13: 9781447245537
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: MacMillan UK
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.