In High Rising, Mrs. Morland, a widowed author, must attend to the deeper problems of country life while her son Tony drives everyone to distraction with his amazing combination of toy trains. Here Mrs. Thirkell demonstrates the characteristic style for which she is known and for which readers love her. This is fiction replete with gentle irony, grave absurdity, and urbane understatement.Writes the Chicago Sun of Mrs. Thirkell's writing, 'You read her, relaxed and smiling, from the first word to the last.'
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In High Rising, Mrs. Morland, a widowed author, must attend to the deeper problems of country life while her son Tony drives everyone to distraction with his amazing combination of toy trains. Here Mrs. Thirkell demonstrates the characteristic style for which she is known and for which readers love her. This is fiction replete with gentle irony, grave absurdity, and urbane understatement.Writes the Chicago Sun of Mrs. Thirkell's writing, 'You read her, relaxed and smiling, from the first word to the last.'
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Add this copy of High Rising, 2vols to cart. $43.71, good condition, Sold by Baggins Book Bazaar rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rochester, KENT, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1951 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Good in Good jacket. Book 2 vol set; vol 1: 282pp; vol 2: 265pp; both vols in brown paper covers; blue title to vol 1 at spine, other vol has light blue title but faded; edgewear at spine-ends, a little rubbing to corners. Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall.
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Add this copy of High Rising to cart. $15.50, good condition, Sold by Books Unlimited rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from West Van Lear, KY, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Carroll & Graf Publishers.
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Add this copy of High Rising to cart. $17.48, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Carroll & Graf Publishers.
Add this copy of High Rising to cart. $17.48, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Carroll & Graf Publishers.
Add this copy of High Rising to cart. $17.48, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Carroll & Graf Publishers.
