The Clothes They Stood Up In and The Lady in the Van (Today Show Book Club #5)
“[The Clothes They Stood Up Inis an] absolutely delicious, near perfect little book. You will read it in a couple of hours at most, but you will think about it for a long, long time.”-Jonathan Yardley,The Washington Post Book World“[The Clothes They Stood Up Inis] a completely charming entertainment: a small gem by one of Britain’s most versatile and gifted writers.”-Michiko Kakutani,The New York Times“One of the top ten books of 2001.”-Jonathan Yardley,The Washington Post Book World“Full of jolly, broad, and very English humour...a charm-filled holiday read.”-Alain de Botton“Sharp...a happy evening’s read and a tantalizing mental challenge to those of us who, like the Ransomes, find [our] lives encumbered and [our] senses blunted by too much stuff.”-Brooke Allen,The New York Times Book Review