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Mrs. Lippincote's house, with its mahogany furniture and yellowing photographs, stands as a reminder of all the certainties that have vanished with the advent of war. Temporarily, this is home for Julia, who has joined her husband Roddy at the behest of the RAF. Although she can accept the pomposities of service life, Julia's honesty and sense of humor prevent her from taking her role as seriously as her husband might wish; for Roddy, merely love cannot suffice—he needs homage as well as admiration. And Julia, while she may be a most unsatisfactory officer's wife, is certainly no hypocrite.
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Michael J. Chapinski
reviewed At Mrs Lippincote's on January 02, 2020
At Mrs Lippincote's
This was Elizabeth Taylor's first novel and is my least favourite of the books of hers I've read. There was both too much and not enough going on for me. A young family move into a stranger's house on the English coast because of the husband's RAF posting (it's towards the end of the war though this barely features). It was hard for me to sympathise with any of the adult characters. The best theme of the book was how adults through selfishness, immaturity and emotional cowardice can derail the lives of children. This was dramatized really well through the friendship of young Oliver and Felicity. The book's major failure for me was the character of Eleanor, a spinster, who flirts with a clandestine group of communists. It's very much a man's world Taylor depicts where the women struggle to find any independent voice and the children suffer. I'd give it about 3.5 stars.
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