Bertie, May and Mrs Fish by Xandra Bingley

Bertie, May and Mrs Fish by Xandra Bingley

A lyrical, evocative and wonderfully original wartime memoir about life on a farm in the Cotswolds, seen through the eyes of a child.

‘There is nothing usual about Bingley's story or her way of telling itIt is full of bright colours like a child's paintbox. This is her first book…but it instantly takes its place beside country classics.’ John Carey, Sunday Times

‘This is a book so alive that when you finish it you feel that you have been there and met the people…[The] book has immense charm, and also a resonance that is beyond charm.’ Diana Athill, Guardian

‘You would need to have lost touch with all feeling not to be moved to tears by the book's final chapter.’ Peter Parker, Telegraph

‘“Bertie, May and Mrs Fish” is an instant English classic…a runaway pleasure to read.’ Ali Smith

‘Utterly enchanting, and quite unputdownable.’ Jilly Cooper

Xandra Bingley rode and trained ponies before she started work at seventeen for MI5. She travelled extensively before returning to London to join Ian Hamilton's New Review, and became a publisher's reader and then a commissioning editor at Jonathan Cape. She wrote regular profiles of writers for Tatler before she started her own literary agency. She has a son and a daughter and a grandson, and has lived by Primrose Hill for thirty-five years. This is her first book.

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ISBN 13	9780007149513
ISBN 10	0007149514
Title	Bertie, May and Mrs Fish
Author	Xandra Bingley
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2006-06-05
Number of pages	240
Prizes	Short-listed for PEN/Ackerley Prize 2006
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.