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One never gets enough love.A novel by the acclaimed author, poet and gardener which recounts the ill-fated relationship of Evelyn Jarrold, a 39-year-old fashionable upper middle class widow and 25-year-old Miles Vane-Merrick, a socially awareMoreOne never gets enough love.A novel by the acclaimed author, poet and gardener which recounts the ill-fated relationship of Evelyn Jarrold, a 39-year-old fashionable upper middle class widow and 25-year-old Miles Vane-Merrick, a socially aware aristocrat. While they are passionately in love they both have powerful and contrasting domineering personalities. They make each other happy and unhappy, she beadily aware of the unconventional age gap and lacking confidence in Miless world. Miles has many interests including his love for Evelyn, his estate, his politics, his interesting friends. He is set to become a successful, popular politician.A wonderful evocation of the complexity of 1930s high-society mores and values, Family History is a universal love story.Famous for her exuberant aristocratic life, her strong marriage to Harold Nicholson, her passionate relationships with women and her gardens at Sissinghurst Castle, Vita Sackville-West is an icon of the early twentieth century. A poet, novelist and biographer, four novels and two biographies by this classic author have now been republished by Bello Family History by Vita Sackville-West
