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Excellent Women unlined notebook

'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' Richard Osman

Barbara Pym author Alexander McCall Smith editor

Format:Miscellaneous print

Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group

Published:26th Nov '15

Should be back in stock very soon

Excellent Women unlined notebook cover

Using the cover artwork of our much-loved Virago Modern Classics hardback range, these elegant porcelain mugs celebrate three of our most popular titles: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier; Excellent Women by Barbara Pym and Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann. They are a must-have for all Virago fans, and are surely the most stylish way to enjoy your morning coffee!

Each mug is presented in a beautiful gift-box with corresponding artwork. The mugs are dishwasher and microwave safe.

Rebecca and Excellent Women feature artwork by award-winning textile designer Neisha Crosland: www.neishacrosland.com

Valley of the Dolls features artwork by textile designer and founder of Biba, Barbara Hulanicki: www.barbarahulanickidesign.com

I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym -- Richard Osman * Guardian *
Why shouldn't the lives of cardigan-wearing spinsters and fussy confirmed bachelors be the engines of some of the finest comic writing in English? Not only was Pym a comic genius but she was ever so wise * The Times *
Barbara Pym is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life -- Anne Tyler
One of the most endearingly amusing English novels of the twentieth century -- Alexander McCall Smith

ISBN: 9780349008066

Dimensions: 172mm x 152mm x 18mm

Weight: 262g