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This charming timeless classic about a family of five setting out on their annual seaside vacation is the most uplifting lifeaffirming novel I can think ofthe beautiful dignity to be found in everyday living has rarely been captured more delicately Kazuo Ishiguro
Meet the Stevens family as they prepare to embark on their yearly holiday to the coast of England Mr and Mrs Stevens first made the trip to Bognor Regis on their honeymoon and the tradition has continued ever since They stay in the same guest house and follow the same carefully honed schedulenow accompanied by their three children twentyyearold Mary seventeenyearold Dick and little brother Ernie
Arriving in Bognor they head to Seaview the guesthouse where they stay every year Its a bit shabbier than it once wasthe landlord has died and his wife is struggling as the number of guests dwindles every year But the family finds bliss in booking a slightly bigger cabana with a balcony and in their rediscovery of the familiar places they visit every year
Mr Stevens goes on his annual walk across the downs reflecting on his life his worries and disappointments and returns refreshed Mrs Stevens treasures an hour spent sitting alone with her medicinal glass of port Mary has her first small taste of romance And Dick pulls himself out of the malaise hes sunk into since graduation resolving to work towards a new career The Stevenses savor every moment of their holiday aware that things may not be the same next year
Delightfully nostalgic and soothing The Fortnight in September is an extraordinary novel about ordinary people enjoying lifes simple pleasures
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