Gladys Bronwyn Stern or GB Stern (17 June 1890 – 20 September 1973) born Gladys Bertha Stern in London, England, wrote many novels, short stories, plays, memoirs, biographies and literary criticism.
Early Stern. Falls off rather after we leave the adorable friendship of two women that begins the narrative. An early essay at themes that she did better in her later work. Some good things (besides the female friendship) but a bit all over the place and unsatisfactory.
The thing that made this book so difficult to read is that the author assumed that his characters were likable. They weren't likable to me. They were annoying. So this was all about how annoying people become friends and then about how a couple of annoying people pair off and become lovers.