The Marriage Will Not Take Place by the late British author Marguerite Steen (
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This was originally published in 1938 by Collins.
Currently free @
Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else Amazon sells worldwide, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program)
Description
Gaynor Spears is the youngest and most lovable of the three Spears sisters…
When she falls head over heels for the handsome and successful young architect, Dominick Probert, Mr and Mrs Spears are at a loss for what will happen to them once their youngest bird has flown the nest.
Especially Gaynor’s father, Hector Spears, who has always devotedly cherished his favourite child.
As the wedding day looms ever closer, the Spears family begin to question their relationships with one another and those around them.
And Gaynor suddenly finds herself at the numb centre of a tremendous vortex of excitement.
Why has her father suddenly gone to Paris? And where on earth did her mother disappear to on her holiday in the country?
As intrigues and gossip permeate London society, Gaynor wonders how permanent her decision has to be.
The Marriage Will Not Take Place is a gripping literary tale, depicting the fast-changing perceptions of love, romance and marriage in 1930s’ England.