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Darlings, you simply must view the outrageous exhibition on display in Tilling! Art should of course both enlighten and revivify - but sometimes it must shock as well! And this display will shock the bonnets right off of your heads! Who knew the charms of provincial life in a small town would be but pleasant cover for all of the bloodthirstiness, public humiliation, devious politicking, and cuttingly passive-aggressive "compliments" running rampant in this arena? The cozy cobbled lanes of Tillin
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There were a couple of lulls, but I'm still going to give this installment 5★ as it is just so funny!
Lucia & Mapp are now seasoned veterans in their campaign to be Queen Bee of Tilling. Every barb is delivered smilingly, but is deadly none the less.
This quote is regarding a bridge game.
Lucia & Mapp are now seasoned veterans in their campaign to be Queen Bee of Tilling. Every barb is delivered smilingly, but is deadly none the less.
This quote is regarding a bridge game.
Lucia herself relied largely on psychic bids: in other words, whenever she announced a high contract in any suit, her partner had to guess whether she held, say, a positive tiara of diamonds, or whether she was...more
2/2024: 4.5-5 stars, because sometimes Elizabeth’s acid tongue becomes a bit much - I don’t know why the rest of Tilling puts up with her! Lucia can be incredibly self-involved and self-aggrandizing, but she’s sensitive and aware enough to pick up on the feelings of her friends, and rein in her ambitions when they are getting fed up! And she is very generous to her friends and her town.
Last read, 12/2017: Still a five-star favorite for me, several years after my first read. The endless bickering ...more
Last read, 12/2017: Still a five-star favorite for me, several years after my first read. The endless bickering ...more
These books are just bloody marvellous. I now find myself rooting for Lucia. While she is a fake social climber with delusions of grandeur who likes to think she is cultured, at least she is not spiteful and malicious like Mapp. The two of them vying for social supremacy is hilarious.
Mar 17, 2015
Linda Dobinson
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it was amazing
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Jun 11, 2023
Laura
marked it as to-read
