Her sisters-in-law have decided that every family needs one woman whose calling is to be an aunt, and the narrator has been chosen. Between the decrees of the formidable Zerlina, the overnight boxes of Pauline and a stream of nephews and nieces, she records Edwardian family life with a cool, amused eye for its small tyrannies.
A quietly funny book for anyone who has been the dependable relative at every family crisis. Download the free EPUB.