The Blessing

The Blessing

The Blessing is one of Nancy Mitfordâ€™s most personal books, a wickedly funny story that asks whether love can survive the clash of cultures.

When Grace Allingham, a naÃ¯ve young Englishwoman, goes to live in France with her dashingly aristocratic husband Charles-Edouard, she finds herself overwhelmed by the bewilderingly foreign cuisine and the shockingly decadent manners and mores of the French. But it is the discovery of her husbandâ€™s French notion of marriageâ€”which includes a permanent mistress and a string of casual affairsâ€”that sends Grace packing back to London with their â€œblessing,â€ young Sigismond, in tow. While others urge the couple to reconcile, little Sigiâ€”convinced that it will improve his chances of being spoiledâ€”applies all his juvenile cunning to keeping his parents apart. Drawing on her own years in Paris and her long affair with a Frenchman, Mitford elevates cultural and romantic misunderstandings to the heights of comedy.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780307740830
Color Grey
ReleaseDate 2010-08-10
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307740830

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