Elizabeth Jolley — Miss Peabody's Inheritance
University of Queensland Press 1983 Paperback, 157pp. Miss Peabody, a lonely spinster in London, writes a fan letter to Diana Hopewell, an Australian novelist. In reply, Hopewell sends installments of her novel-in-progress, the zany adventures of a trio of gently lesbian ladies, a headmistress and two companions, touring Europe with a hapless student. With each mail delivery, Miss Peabody's involvement with the novelist and her characters intensifies until fantasy and reality poignantly merge. 'Wonderful . gives great pleasure' (New York Times Book Review). (ISBN: 9780702217920). Good.