Rhododendron Pie, Part 2–‘Could it be…disappointment?’

‘[Ann] thought of the lovely cool dimness when you came in from the hot garden, and great gusts of warm air blowing through open windows, and the intense, hushed silence about three o’clock in the afternoon….’

Rhododendron Pie, Part 1–‘Pure Enjoyment’

‘In a pie you want fruit.’ If reading the works of Margery Sharp can be likened to opening a time capsule jar and savoring the preserves of the past, then Rhododendron Pie is both the snappy pickle and sticky sweet sugar plum. The premise of her first novel is given to us quite readily as…