Mrs. Lorimer‘s Quiet Summer

In what is surely Molly Clavering‘s most autobiographical novel, two middle-aged women writers, close friends and neighbours, offer one another advice and support while navigating life in a lively Border village. Lucy Lorimer, the more successful author, with her four children, in-laws, and grandchildren gathered for a summer reunion, must try to avert disaster in one daughter‘s marriage, help a daughter-in-law restless with mundane married life after flying planes in the war, and deal with the awkward reappearance of an old flame. Unmarried Grace (‘Gray‘) Douglas, meanwhile, has struggles of her own, but is drawn delightfully into her friend‘s difficulties. In real life, Molly Clavering was a neighbour and close friend of bestselling author D.E. Stevenson. Mrs. Lorimer‘s Quiet Summer is not only an irresistible family story, but undoubtedly provides some indication of the inspiring friendship between these two brilliantly talented women.