I remember I read The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie once during my lunch break at work. A person said they had to read that in high school and they were baffled that anyone would read that on their own time for leisure. I felt like reading another book by Muriel Spark. It's been a while and this was a good one. It's about a boarding house called The May of Teck. The house boards pretty young girls but also spinsters who will never get a chance at marriage. We get to know some of the girls specifically Joanna and Jane. Jane spends time with the writer Nicolas Farringdon but he would rather be with the beautiful Selina. The book ends in a tragedy and we find out what"the girls of slender means" really means and what benefits they get from it There's also a pretty funny scene where Jane writes to authors to gain monetary value for their autographs. George Bernard Shaw gives a pretty funny reply. This wasn't as good as The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie but it was all right.
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