The Squire by Enid Bagnold the history press Wendy Cope

Wendy Cope

or my nature

Narrator Justin Avoth captures Céline’s unique voice and the depths of his dark journey in this captivating recording

When Jane marries the elderly grocer William Chirp

widely regarded as one of the greatest novels ever written

The Squire by Enid Bagnold the history press Wendy CopePublished nearly eighty five years ago, The Squire remains unique in being the only novel ever written about having a baby. Many novels focus on pregnancy, birth and motherhood but there isnt another about the last few days before birth and the first few days afterwards. Bagnold wrote that she wanted to pin down the quality of the pain and the love and the surprise and the effect of the birth on the mother, on the other children, on the nurse and on