Four Women in Need - Softcover

Houston, Carol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1453524630 ISBN 13: 9781453524633

Verlag: Xlibris, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

Four Women in Need could best be described as a literary novel". The novel is set predominately in the North of England in the middle of the twentieth century. The women, previously unknown to each other, are from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, but are brought together when their lives spiral out of control. They become voluntary residents at The Haven a sanctuary for women, who for one reason or another are no longer able to function in their regular roles in society. The early chapters of the book explore the lives of Avril, Katie, Susan and Justine prior to their breakdowns. Avril and her husband Terry, originally from working class families, have enjoyed a meteoric rise to wealth which dissipates just as suddenly when Terry is arrested on charges of fraud. Terry is subsequently found guilty and sentenced to ten years imprisonment in Walton prison. Gone is the lavish life-style to which Avril had become accustomed; of greater loss however is the fact that their son Adrian has to leave his prestigious boys boarding school in the South of England. Katie is a young happily married veterinary assistant. Apart from her somewhat interfering mother-in law Katie's life is idyllic. One weekend whilst Katie's husband Steve, an airline pilot with British Airways, is supposedly flying Katie discovers simultaneously that she is pregnant and that Steve has been cheating on her. Katie loses the baby and makes an unsuccessful * attempt. Susan is well on her way to becoming an eminent university academic. Whilst presenting a history paper at a university conference the content of her talk is challenged by someone in the audience. Susan is accused and subsequently found guilty of plagiarism. Her expulsion from the academic circle of the university is both brutal and swift. She retreats from all of her colleagues, even from Philip with whom she was becoming romatically involved. Justine the final main player in the novel is a high achieving young doctor who has recent

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Xlibris
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1453524630
• ISBN 13: 9781453524633
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
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