Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780333591543
Edition: Numbered First Edition
ISBN: 0333591542
Label: Macmillan, London
Manufacturer: Macmillan, London
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: May 19, 1995
Publisher: Macmillan, London
Studio: Macmillan, London
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Twenty years of marriage to older Max has seen a busy, contented Prue though the stresses of a resentful stepdaughter and motherhood. Now, Violet has returned with her new husband from New York and, suddenly, Prue is precipitated into a secret life.
The small village in Hampshire and the city are very different places and, as Prue now moves between the two, she traces the boundaries between innocence and difficult knowledge, between the gluttony and surrender of desire and the stark ... Read More
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I liked the story very much, however I wish I'd have read the book rather than listened to the storytape. The story centres upon Pru, who is married to a man 20 years her senior. Pru is very happy in her marriage (even though it is a little humdrum) until she meets her stepdaughter's husband, Jamie, who is her own age. There is an instant attraction between them and this quickly turns into lust/love as they embark into an unplanned affair. As Pru's husband, Max, begins to suspect that something ... Read More
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The problems of a modern 'step' relationship examined with depth and feeling by Elizabeth Buchan. Why hasn't this wonderful author been better publicised? I discovered her quite by chance.
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