The 1952 novel by English novelist Barbara Pym, this book is narrated by the slightly above 30 daughter of a now dead vicar. Still closely associated and attached to the church, she considers herself one of those “excellent women” who do the physical and emotional labor of the church parish. She’s also recently started becoming overly concerned with her own lack of marriage, and given that she’s spent most of her time with the youngish married women, and feel awkward around them, as among other […]