To Those who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine

An introduction to October-November's book club

‘It began in a woman’s club in London on a February afternoon - an uncomfortable club, and a miserable afternoon,’ begins the first chapter of The Enchanted April by the English novelist Elizabeth von Arnim. It describes what happens after the unhappy, downtrodden Mrs Lotty Wilkins from Hampstead spots an advertisement in the agony column of The Times. (