Cold Comfort Farm US and UK. The book inspired Mellon family heiress Cordelia Scaife May to name her home "Cold Comfort", and to name her philanthropic foundation Colcom Foundation. Cold Comfort Farm Cold Comfort Farm is a comic novel by English author Stella Gibbons, published in 1932. It parodies the romanticised, sometimes doom-laden accounts of rural life popular at the time, by writers such as Mary Webb. Following the death of her parents, the book's heroine, Flora Poste, finds she is possessed "of every art and grace save that of earning her own living". She decides to take advantage of the fact that
The Wife (1995 film) issues are being shared in analysis, as well as the private troubles of the therapists themselves. Stephen Holden of "The New York Times" gave the film a mixed review: The Wife (1995 film) The Wife is a 1995 film written and directed by Tom Noonan, based on his play "Wifey". The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival, after Noonan had won the Grand Prize the previous year with What Happened Was... Jack and his wife Rita, both professional therapists, live and work in virtual isolation in a remote Vermont cottage. One night,