303 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2013 by Open Road Media.
"Dulcie Mainwearing is always helping others, but never looks out for herself - especially in the realm of love. Her friend Viola is besotted by the alluring Dr Aylwin Forbes, so surely it isn't prying if Dulcie helps things along? Aylwin, however, is smitten by Dulcie's pretty young niece. And perhaps Dulcie herself, however ridiculous it may be, is falling, just a little, for Aylwin. Once life's little humiliations are played out, maybe love will be returned, and fondly, after all."--Publisher description.
reread this for my book club and it's just really great. the details! the shifting point of views and sympathy for the characters (who still drive me nuts). and it's even better if you think about indexing while reading it--why is Dulcie an indexer and what is that telling us about the gender and love plots? anyway. it's great.
I loved this! I did want to shake just about every single character for one thing or another but also I couldn’t stop reading it. This is much like how I feel about every Barbara Pym I’ve read, and I’m clearly going to need to read more. Extra points for being about indexers and writers.
