R. M. Dashwood (1924–2007)
Author of Provincial Daughter
About the Author
Works by R. M. Dashwood
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Dashwood, R. M.
- Other names
- Dashwood, Rosamund Margaret (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1924
- Date of death
- 2007-04-03
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Devonshire, England, UK
- Place of death
- Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
- Places of residence
- New Zealand
Scotland, UK
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Education
- Somerville College, Oxford
- Occupations
- runner
writer - Relationships
- Delafield, E. M. (mother)
de la Pasture, Elizabeth Lydia Rosabelle (grandmother) - Organizations
- Women's Auxiliary Air Force (sergeant)
- Short biography
- Daughter of famed author E. M. Delafield, Rosamund Dashwood was born in a small village in Devonshire. During World War II, Rosamund joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), working with newly-invented radar. After living in England, New Zealand and Scotland, the she settled in Vancouver, Canada, with her four sons. Rosamund discovered a talent and a consuming passion for distance running. She completed several marathons and held four gold medals from the World Seniors' Games in the USA. In 1961, she published Provincial Daughter, a continuation of her mother's popular series of books.
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This is a book written in diary form by an aspiring writer who has ended up as a housewife and mother trying to make ends meet in 1950s England. It is quite humourous in parts a light read.
E M Delafield's daughter tries to fill her mother's shoes. Unwisely, she does not attempt to forge a writing identity of her own, but simply copycats her mother, merely highlighting the fact that nothing much happens to her, and that the average blogger could have made it more entertaining. (Nothing much ever happened to her mum, either, but if fandom had been around in the 30s, E M Delafield would've been a BNF, for sure. Her daughter … wouldn't.)
Written by EM Delafield's daughter, this is very much an homage to the Provincial Lady novels. It's slightly forced at the beginning, but once Dashwood finds her (unnamed) character's voice this rattles along at a pace and provides a few laugh-out-loud vignettes - particularly with regard to our heroine's relationship with her provinicial doctor husband. The recently published "Can Any Mother Help Me?", a collection of letters by pre- and post-war housewives from the Mass Observation archive, shows how true to life this novel is. Recommended for anyone who loved the original novels.… (more)
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- Works
- 1
- Members
- 169
- Popularity
- #126,057
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 1
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