![]() ![]() The narrator of the novel is Nevis Falconer, a young woman of 24. That novel was published in 1947, but My Husband Simon (1931) precedes that date by sixteen years, and was the last of her four pre-war novels. I’ve read many reviews of her most famous novel, One Fine Day, but never managed to read it. I can’t imagine why I’ve never read Mollie Panter-Downes before. So it was with great pleasure that I opened my first package of three books, one of which I began reading the same day. And to crown it all, one of the series consultants is Shiny’s very own co-founder and Editor-at-large, Simon. Already an avid reader of this genre of novel, I looked forward to making new acquaintances as well as reuniting with old favourites. ![]() I’m sure I’m not alone in having rejoiced when the British Library announced a new series of reprints of 20 th century women writers: ‘a curated collection of novels by female authors who enjoyed broad, popular appeal in their day’. ![]()
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