| Description |
1 online resource (242 pages) : illustrations |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright; About the Author; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Departure; Chapter 2. Arrival; Chapter 3. The Inventory; Chapter 4. Slipcovers; Chapter 5. Pat Foyle; Chapter 6. Cynthia; Chapter7. Sheets; Chapter8. Dr. Bott; Chapter9. Liz and Jane; Chapter10. Sightseeing and Shopping; Chapter11. Further Adventures; Chapter 12. Miss Pip; Chapter13. Help in Sight; Chapter14. Flood; Chapter15. The Science Museum; Chapter16. At the Pub; Chapter17. At Rose Emily's; Chapter18. Day Camp; Chapter19. Shopping; Chapter20. Chocolate and the Zoo. |
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Chapter21. Evening at Maud Tweak'sChapter22. Lunch; Chapter23. The Wallace Collection; Chapter24. Plumbing; Chapter 25. Roof Garden and Knees; Chapter26. Evening Out; Chapter27. The Party; Chapter28. The Portobello Road; Chapter29. At the Bilkingtons'; Chapter30. Afternoon at Margaret's; Chapter31. The Green Line; Chapter32. The Pickwick Club; Chapter33. Interlude with Chemists; Chapter34. The Train; Chapter35. Arrival at the Castle; Chapter36. Life at the Castle; Chapter37. Back Again; Chapter38. Crockford's; Chapter39. Deathbed Wish; Back Cover. |
| Summary |
Tea & Antipathy is a delightfully hilarious and true account of one American family's summer in the posh London neighborhood of Knightsbridge in 1965. Capturing the helpless feeling that living in a foreign city often brings, the book recounts how the Millers met a wide variety of memorable characters from all social classes, including Mrs. Grail the Irish cleaning woman, who was convinced that their home was haunted and who hated the English; Basil Goldbrick, a businessman from Manchester; and Basil's clever wife Daisy, who resented Americans. Told in a gently sardonic tone, this story provid. |
| Subject |
Miller, Anita, 1926-2018.
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Miller, Anita, 1926-2018 -- Family.
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Miller, Jordan, 1926-
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Miller, Anita, 1926-2018. (OCoLC)fst01491697
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Miller, Jordan, 1926- (OCoLC)fst01934669
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Americans -- England -- London -- Biography.
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Knightsbridge (London, England) -- Biography.
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London (England) -- Biography.
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Knightsbridge (London, England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Americans. (OCoLC)fst00807488
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Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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England -- London.
(OCoLC)fst01204271
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Added Title |
Tea and antipathy |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Miller, Anita, 1926- Tea & antipathy : an American family in swinging London. Chicago, Illinois : Academy Chicago Publishers, ©2015 vii, 232 pages 9780897337434 |
| ISBN |
9780897337625 (electronic bk.) |
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089733762X (electronic bk.) |
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9780897337632 (electronic bk.) |
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0897337638 (electronic bk.) |
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