- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (4 April 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099468018
- ISBN-13: 978-0099468011
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 451,471 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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There wouldn't be any trouble if only you had a wife, ' Lady Boynton had said. To mild-mannered Gervaise this was a new idea and the longer he thought about it, the more delightful it seemed...But Flavia Cameron was not what Lady Boynton had in mind. Impossibly young, with a musical talent that could have been heard in concert halls around the world, Flavia was beautiful and sparkling and she swept the Upper Fourth off their feet. Until Uncle Ben Forbes arrived, with a father whose dark wounded eyes unleashed a reaction in Flavia that she didn't know existed, throwing her life and everybody elses into turmoil.
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Born and brought up at Eton where her father was a housemaster, Mary Sheepshanks began writing as a child and had her first poem published in the Sunday Times at the age of seventeen. She married the headmaster of Sunningdale School while still a very young woman and they ran the school together until 1967 when she and her husband moved up to take over the family estate in Yorkshire. Mary Sheepshanks has three children and a host of grandchildren, one of whom refers to her as his 'wild writing Granny'. Facing the Music is Mary Sheepshanks' second novel. Her first novel A Price for Everything is also available from Arrow.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A wonderful read.Mary Sheepshanks captures the momentum of school life brilliantly and her portrayal of Matron is hilarious.You will be sad to finish this book.
See Mary Sheepshanks' poetry.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Before She Hit Her Stride...
12 Mar 2001
Format:Hardcover
Mary Sheepshanks began with this charming effort. Having read and loved "A Price for Everything" and "Picking Up the Pieces," both superb, I can see the progression of Sheepshanks' talents. This is not a bad book, and it is certainly worth reading, but the characters are not as finely drawn as in her later novels. Our heroine, Flavia the Flautist, is not entirely a sympathetic character, as she flits mindlessly from one wrong situation to another to avoid facing reality. I found the juxtoposition of her brilliant musical career with her extreme naivete very hard to believe. Likewise, the hapless Gervaise, her schoolmaster husband, falls in love with her for no apparent reason, and is somewhat one-dimensional as well, so we really do not know what makes him tick. The "lover-from-hell," the famous conductor Antoine, is a swine for no particular reason, and the later love interest, Alistair, is a saint. Nevertheless, this is a fast, rather entertaining read, and we can see glimmers of the author's subtle and outrageous humor so evident in later works. "Facing the Music" is nowhere near the beautifully crafted novels that came after it, but I'm glad I read it; it makes me appreciate Sheepshanks' later books even more.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
A reader fom Maine
1 Jan 2000
Format:Hardcover
This first book By Sheepshanks is not nearly as good as "A Price for Everything." I find the adultery too much; tasteless, and does not seem to "fit" in the story. I would, however, highly recommend "A Price for Everything!" I laughed out loud so much while I read that. It's good for your spirit.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Wonderful touching story
8 Dec 2000
Format:Hardcover
I really loved this book. All the characters were very real. Flavia is very interesting and keeps the story moving along. Her story is continued in Off Balance. (It has already been published in England.)Ms. Sheepshanks is a great author!!
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