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2) High rising
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Successful lady novelist Laura Morland and her boisterous young son Tony set off to spend Christmas at her country home in the sleepy surrounds of High Rising. But Laura's wealthy friend and neighbour George Knox has taken on a scheming secretary whose designs on marriage to her employer threaten the delicate social fabric of the village. Can clever, practical Laura rescue George from Miss Grey's clutches and, what's more, help his daughter Miss Sibyl...
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As the war continues, life in Northbridge sees changes. Mrs Villars, the Rector's wife, finds the attentions of Lieutenant Holden of the Barsetshires, who is billeted with her, quite exhausting. The middle-aged ladies and gentlemen who undertake roof-spotting from the church tower are more concerned with their own daily life than with parachutists. There is also the triangle of Mr Downing, his redoubtable hostess Miss Pemberton and the hospitable...