Year of the Whipple

Can it be? Another Dorothy Whipple Book so soon? Yes, I just read her They Were Sisters after reading Someone at a Distance. They Were Sisters was out of print but they found an ancient copy in Beverly. Last time someone took it out the fines were a penny a day. This is a family saga of three sisters and the directions their lives take. Two of them marry very badly and the happy one, Lucy, tries to help them as best she can. There are some pretty bleak family situations here but once again, it's quite a good book.


Here is a nice little article in the British Telegraph where the author confesses to having had a WhippleFest.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/5094681/Endpaper.html


I did not know that they called them that but that's what I'm having apparently. A WhippleFest! At a penny a day I can afford it.