Wild Strawberries

The third Barsetshire novel is a sparkling 1930s English romantic comedy, perfect for fans of Stella Gibbons, PG Wodehouse, or EF BensonPretty, impecunious Mary Preston, newly arrived as a guest of her Aunt Agnes at the magnificent wooded estate of Rushwater, falls head over heels for handsome playboy David Leslie. Meanwhile, Agnes and her mother, the eccentric matriarch Lady Emily, have hopes of a different, more suitable match for Mary. At the lavish Rushwater dance party, her future happiness hangs in the balance.