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      The Holiday

      by Stevie Smith
      Published
      Jan 1988
      Main Genre
      Contemporary Romance Contemp. Romance
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      202
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      Celia lives in a London suburb with her beloved aunt in the post-war England of 1949. Witty, fragile, and quixotic, Celia is preoccupied with love—for her friends, her colleagues, her relatives, and especially for her adored cousin Casmilus, with whom she goes on holiday to visit Uncle Heber, the vicar. There they talk endlessly, argue, eat, tell stories, love, and hate. Wild humor alternates with waves of melancholy as Celia obsessively ponders the inevitable anguish of love. In this entrancing autobiographical tale, Stevie Smith captures the paradox of pain in all human affections.

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      General Fiction Romance

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      Contemporary Romance

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      First Edition Jan 1988 Virago Press (UK) ISBN 0860680673
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      Nov 1982 Pinnacle ISBN 0523416849
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      Apr 2015 Virago ISBN B07Z3DH7QJ
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      Apr 2015 Little, Brown ISBN 0349005834
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