Nothing Is Safe

by E.M. Delafield

"Delafield brings the world of two children torn between divorcing parents in 1920s London perfectly to life, and I could hardly tear my eyes away from the page throughout. Terry and Julia have always lived in London with their parents Daphne and Alick and their dog, Chang. They have a comfortable home in Hampstead, go to boarding schools, and spend their holidays with their wealthy, aristocratic grandparents in the countryside. They take for granted the security of their world, until one day ‘Mummie’ sits them down and explains that Daddy has left and isn’t coming back.........."

Genres: British Literature

284 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1937

About the author

Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, née de la Pasture (9 June 1890 – 2 December 1943), commonly known as E. M. Delafield, was a prolific English author who is best-known for her largely autobiographical Diary of a Provincial Lady, which took the form of a journal of the life of an upper-middle class Englishwoman living mostly in a Devon village of the 1930s, and its sequels in which the Provincial Lady buys a flat in London and travels to America. Other sequels of note are her experiences looking for war-work during the Phoney War in 1939, and her experiences as a tourist in the Soviet Union.

Daughter of the novelist Mrs. Henry De La Pasture.

Reviews

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

E.M Delafield (Diary of a Provincial Lady), writes a sad novel about the divorce of a couple in England (1937) told through the eyes of their children. Both the husband and wife quickly remarry and the rest of the novel describes the shuffling back and forth of the children, who have simply become an annoyance to their parents. Very dated, very sad... I was recommended this book through the booksnob blog I subscribe to. I wouldn't recommended it to all, but it was to my taste.