Nancy Mitford Part II

Fanny marries Alfred Winsham and they move to a small house in Oxford. Linda's marriage goes wrong almost immediately, she finds Tony's middle class ways irritating and he finds her frivolity annoying. She becomes pregnant, and has a daughter Moira, but she does not care for the child. Fanny is soon pregnant, and sees less of Linda, who is living in London and busy with a social life. Meanwhile, Polly's romantic life takes a strange twist. Her mother is a bossy domineering woman who has been having an affair with Boy Dougdale, a writer, who is married to Lord Montdore's sister. Boy is a writer about the upper classes and a snob. He also likes young girls. .

Nancy Mitford novels

Nancy's 2 best known novels are covering the same time period and some of the same characters. The chief character is Linda Radlett, and her cousin, Fanny Logan is the narrator of the book. Fanny is her cousin, mousier and duller than the lively eccentric Radletts. Linda believes in love and longs to be be grown up and to marry. When she comes out, she is not very successful at finding a husband. She has taken a certain interest in the arts, so as to fit in with the arty upper class set but her father is a backwoods peer who lives in the country and doesnt approve of education for girls. Fanny has had a better education, having been brought up by her spinster aunt, and is more modern minded than the Radletts. She falls in love with Alfred Winchman an Oxford don, who is intelliget and kind, and who has very little money. Polly Hampton is the only child of Lord and Lady Montdore, who have served the crown in India.... she is very beautiful, but seems rather dull and shy. Linda meets Tony Kroesig, the son of a wealthy banker, of German origin, and falls in love with him. Her parents dont like the marriage, neither do his and he is sent to America. However, in the end, the young couple are determined and get married.

Nancy Mitford

Nancy was a socialite who started writing in the 1920s and 30s and became famous for her books about her high society family, I hope to blog about Love in a Cold Climate and Pursuit of Love, shortly

Beds and Blue Jeans by Nadine Sutton

Beds and Blue Jeans is a story, novella length about a young bar singer in Nashville in the 2010s.. who has found himself being pursued by a lot of lady fans. He has a girlfriend who has just had his baby, but the relationship with Patty isn't going too well. Sam lets himself be caught by various pretty ladies but can he learn to appreciate Patty and settle down with her and their baby. On Amazon.

RIP Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe died in her home, 62 years ago today. She had taken an overdose of drugs. Her life had been difficult from birth, to a mentally disturbed mother and an absent father. She was reared in foster homes and orphanages and married young to find a home. She worked in a factory when her husband was away at the war, and began to get noticed for her good looks. She became ambitious to get on in films- and had genuine talent as well as beauty. But she became addicted to pills and had unhappy love affairs including one with President Kennedy.

Rough Music story

This is a story set in the 1970s about a country rock band in the US. The 2 lead singers are good friends, and both of them have difficulties in their marriages.. due to long tours and being away from home. They also want to do good music, and not simply try to make money but their manager pushes them to be more commercial. The story is available on Amazon, by Nadine Sutton

Beb Asquith Part II

Beb's marriage to Cynthia was a moderate success. He was quiet and gentle and Cynthia was more socially outgoing. They were not well off, and this led to quarrels as Beb was extravagant, and Cynthia tried to rein him in. They had 2 sons, at first, John who was probably autistic and ended by being institutionalised and Michael. Beb joined the army when War broke out and this inspired some of his poems. War affected him very much, he suffered from shell shock and his brother Raymond was killed and so were his wife's two brothers Hugo and Yvo. Cynthia was a flirtatious woman and had several male admirers all through her marriage. She kept a diary which gives a picture of London at war, and Beb arriving and departing. He told Cynthia that he wanted to give up the law and become a full time writer, which added to their financial problems. He took up writing after the war and one of his poem, the Volunteer, became famous. Cynthia realised that she would have to help support the family, so she took a part time job as secretary to JM Barrie, and began to look for writing projects. She had another son, Simon and Beb concentrated on his writing but was never a great success. Cynthia was more succeessful. Beb died in 1947- in Bath where he and Cynthia were living.