Mary Wesley
Mary Wesley
Mary Wesley, CBEwas an English novelist. During her career, she was one of Britain's most successful novelists, selling three million copies of her books, including 10 bestsellers in the last 20 years of her life...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 June 1912
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mother school science
I was sent to a finishing school, which didn't last long when mother found out how badly chaperoned we were. Then I 'came out' before going to a domestic science school.
marriage persons knows
Each marriage has to be judged separately, and we never know what's going on in another person's marriage.
imagination appearance reader
I have deliberately left Sylvester and Julia's appearances to the reader's imagination.
friends vocabulary important
In my eighties, my best friends are in their fifties, and I have many friends at university. It keeps one young, and up with the vocabulary. That's terribly important, especially for a writer.
change men games
Rebecca is an example of how not to manage men. The rules of the game never change, it requires subtlety.
husband taken thinking
My first husband would never make up his mind in less than five years, so I used to get him to think that whatever course of action needed to be taken was his idea. Then he'd go right ahead.
disappointment may surprise
They may turn out to be a great disappointment, or perhaps they may be full of enchanting surprises.
enemy found code
I found out only recently that we were making an index of enemy code signs.
lying fronts
We all lie to each other, present some sort of front.
people
Unimaginative people are spared quite a lot.
mother father years
My father was a soldier and my mother was a great mover. She once counted up how many places she had lived in during the first 25 years of her marriage and it came to 20.
girl intelligent men
I always read that men don't like intelligent girls, but I've always found the reverse.
children husband men
Women's courage is rather different from men's. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing long-term issues, such as illness. Men are more immediately courageous. Lots of people are brave in battle.
real book writing
Writing Part of the Scenery has been a very different experience. I have been reminded of people and events, real and imaginary which have been part of my life. This book is a celebration of the land which means so much to me.