Wives and Lovers - Softcover

Varley, Jane Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752852787 ISBN 13: 9780752852782

Verlag: Orion, 2003

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Book by Varley Jane Elizabeth

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Victoria Stratford's birthday party for her husband David is a resounding success. It shows off their beautiful Wimbledon house, their wonderful children, their perfect lives, and it conceals the tensions and ambitions that infest their marriage. While Victoria graciously welcomes her guests, the only person missing is David himself.

Victoria's sister Clara and her husband Tom are there. Unworldly and idealistic, Tom scorns David's quest for wealth. While Clara is content with her job as a university lecturer and their shabby home, she is yearning for something and Tom cannot see the growing need for happiness that may take Clara away from him.

In the garden, the youngest sister Annie talks to her husband Hugo. They are ideally suited and very content with each other. The only blight on their lives is Hugo's mother, Barbara, whose jealousy and possessiveness have turned into a poisonous hatred of Annie.

This one evening begins a train of events that will lead each sister down a different path - towards love, sex, grief, betrayal and happiness. Each of them will learn what it is to be a wife, a sister and a lover.

Biografía del autor:

Jane Elizabeth Varley studied at Oxford and went on to qualify as a barrister. She became a law lecturer and taught at Kingston University before going to live in France and write full time. She now divides her time between Surrey and Normandy. She has one son.

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• Verlag: Orion
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0752852787
• ISBN 13: 9780752852782
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336