Loving Without TearsAngel, formidable hostess, social charmer, and mother par excellence, confidently awaits the return of her little boy from the trials of war. Tightening the apron strings as she does so, she doesn't anticipate that the teenager who went away will return a grown man -- with a sophisticated American widow on his arm. Nor could she anticipate that her irrepressible daughter will similarly throw herself into romance. Faced with domestic insurrection on a grand scale, Angel will have to sharpen her wits to maintain her tyranny ... |
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