It's Perfectly Easy

Te Ao Hou, June 1963, Page 51

It's Perfectly Easy by Mary Scott Pauls Book Arcade, 13/6 For anyone who wishes to escape the stress and strain of city life for an hour or so, this light-hearted book is just the answer. As usual with Miss Scott's books, ‘Its Perfectly Easy’ is set in the country—this time, by the sea. A young journalist, Helen, and her brother Peter, decide out of necessity to start up a seaside camp on a piece of land inherited by the brother. The situations arising out of this decision are most amusing, and there are many delightful characters in the book—Trina, a young widow who has ‘mislaid’ her husband; John Muir, the owner of the adjoining piece of land, who is an old grump until the end; Handy Andy, whose nickname gives away his part in the story; and last but not least, Venus, a Great Dane bitch, given to the heroine as a parting gift from a Latin admirer. —B. V. Tong