"A Gay Family" 1936 Boileau, Ethel

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BOILEAU, Ethel

[287] pp.

E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc

1936

21st Printing

7 3/4" x 5 1/2"

They say to … Read more BOILEAU, Ethel

[287] pp.

E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc

1936

21st Printing

7 3/4" x 5 1/2"

They say to write what you know, which was one of the ingredients that made this 1930s era novel such a success. Lady Boileau was an avid sportswoman who herself was among the manor born. This best-selling book was told as if it was the diary of an upper class English mother. Most of her entries concern the pleasures of country living and the dramas of her three children as they mature into adults. Intelligently written and highly quotable, and it is of equal appeal to the gay or straight audience.

“I like the cinema—it’s a good drug. Hence its popularity.”

--Ethel Boileau See less