The Sweetheart Season

Name: The Sweetheart Season
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd

Penguin Books Ltd

The Sweetheart SeasonAuthor(s): Karen Joy Fowler\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Penguin Books Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780241973141, 978-0241973141\nSynopsis\nA funny and warm novel from the Man Booker shortlisted author of bestselling hit The Jane Austen Book Club\n\n'Polls have recently confirmed what has long been suspected; most men do not want brainy women. Stewardesses have turned out to be that occupation blessed most often with marriage. The key elements appear to be uniforms and travel.'\n\nIt is 1947 and in the aftermath of World War II halcyon days have not returned to Magrit, Minnesota, where the veterans have failed to come home. The men haven't died; they've just moved onto greener pastures, rejecting the local women, who served the war effort in the Scientific Kitchen of Margaret Mill. The mill was founded by Henry Collins, the man responsible for Sweetwheats, the world's first puffed and sugar-coated cereal. As part of a publicity camr