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Tea & Antipathy

An American Family in Swinging London

Tea & Antipathy is a delightfully hilarious and true account of one American family's summer in the posh London neighborhood of Knightsbridge in 1965. Capturing the helpless feeling that living in a foreign city often brings, the book recounts how the Millers met a wide variety of memorable characters from all social classes, including Mrs. Grail the Irish cleaning woman, who was convinced that their home was haunted and who hated the English; Basil Goldbrick, a businessman from Manchester; and Basil's clever wife Daisy, who resented Americans. Told in a gently sardonic tone, this story provides insight on what London was like during the Swinging Sixties and what it was like to uproot a family for an adventurous summer abroad.

They said all they had done in the park was lie on the grass while Jane rubbed
Tom's back. Then they went on lying in the grass and Tom rubbed Jane's back.
We turned on the television set, but the only thing on both stations (there were
only two) was Harold Wilson going in and out of Ten Downing Street. A
Commonwealth Conference had started. The children played checkers; Mrs.
Stackpole's glass curtains stirred in the breeze. It occurred to me that it was the
middle of June, and ...