![]() Alongside Evie’s own journey the major subplot centres on Mrs Scott-Pym coming to terms with, and accepting, her own daughter’s life choices and this was both subtly handled and an entirely unexpected source of joy. Weaving past and present together adds depth to the story and keeps Evie’s mother, who died when she was one, ever present in the story. A law unto herself and rarely in contact with her mother for reasons that Evie soon discovers, Caroline is a very different kind of woman and after striking up an immediate rapport with her Evie soon begins to see possibilities outside the village.Įvie’s first-person narrative is punctuated by short excerpts from the past (entitled interlude) which tell the story of not only Evie’s parents marriage and move to the farm but her mother’s friendship with Mrs Scott-Pym and in turn her fraught relationship with Caroline. Supplying cakes, sage advice and an endless source of books, Mrs Scott-Pym’s cottage is a much needed haven for Evie but when the lady of the house is indisposed in the midst of their plans the upshot is the arrival of her very glamorous and ebullient estranged daughter, Caroline from London. Opening easy-going Arthur’s eyes to Christine’s scheming ways requires Evie consulting with her sophisticated elderly neighbour and friend of her mother’s, Mrs Scott-Pym. When Evie’s father, Arthur, moves his obnoxious love interest Christine into the farmhouse she makes short work of getting him to splash the cash and haranguing him into proposing but unbeknownst to Arthur she is equally intent on ousting Evie and quick to make a snide remark whenever he is out of earshot. But before she can make any decisions she finds herself navigating a formidable obstacle in the form of amply-chested, money grabbing and manipulative Christine. Bookish, old before her time and irrepressibly witty, spirited Evie is hurtling towards womanhood as the summer of 1962 unfolds and she is wondering what the future holds for her. But star of the show and first-person narrator is sixteen and a half year old Yorkshire born and Adam Faith loving lass, Evie Epworth. ![]() Warm, witty and wise - a coming-of-age story featuring a truly inimitable Yorkshire heroine in Evie.Ī coming-of-age story like no other, The Miseducation of Evie Epworth is comic genius and packed wall to wall with a cast of unforgettable females that are so well crafted it is possible to envisage them all.
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