The Archive · 1931

Sunlight and Shocks

LavAWBy, Armine von Temps

on a Hawaiian farm during the Thi leisurely story of life]

olds' London, 7/6 (Kelly

week or ten days of earth-reiners that precede the eruption o Mona did all this exceedingly well, particularly the latter, and the " result was that a husband waiting only for time to pass in order to secure a divorce thought} he was falling in love - with his wife. The situations that follow are diverting to say the least, but} they are to be seen in a Parlor, Bedroom, and Bath plot any day. The Counterfeit Wife unravels a hopeless tangle remaining it, playing] the game to the end as the erring Grst wife did, according to her and earthquakes hardly seem to together, but the people of those pleasant islands sent to be blessed with a cheerful philosophy which enables them to face probable disaster. With amiability "vand humour. The young white mistress of the farm takes things rather harder than ber staff, but even she is supported by the presence of a Dutch. tourist, ""becomingly bald," who stays out the earthquakes, with her and whose affections and bank balance are equally solid: There is a good. deal of family antagonism in the book, but that. is of minor interest in with the—internal, Sur,

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