![]() ![]() FISHER a formidable and disapproving “elderly” woman, who wants only to sit in the sun to read and remember her receding youth and LADY CAROLINE DESTER who longs for a place she can ponder life’s existential questions that face her without the prying eyes and oppression of her parents. But they can’t possibly afford the castle so they advertise for companions to share the expense, and are joined by two other ladies: MRS. She befriends ROSE ARBUTHNOT, a rigid, reserved and sad sort of woman who yearns for a rest from her stifling duties, crippling memories, and distant husband as much as Lotty. Lotty longs to bask in wisteria and sunshine, and leave her drab and tedious life behind, if only for a month. San Salvatore, a small medieval Italian castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be let furnished for the month of April. Longing for a respite from the rain, Lotty finds refuge in her women’s club where she happens upon an ad in the “Agony Column” in the London Times that reads: "To Those who Appreciate Wisteria and Sunshine. It’s a miserable, rainy, dreary day in London and LOTTY WILKINS, a dowdy yet comely woman, is miserable and dreary in it. ![]()
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