Anna Bouverie has doggedly performed her marital and social duties as the wife of a parish rector, until a personal revelation fills her with the overpowering urge to save herself from her own well-circumscribed life, whatever the cost. Reissue.
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Review:
"The portrayal of the petty frustrations of clerical life is spot on and the novel is elegantly written" (The Sunday Times)
"I would have killed anyone who wrested this novel from my hands... it's compulsive reading" (The Times)
"This is Trollope's finest novel to date. Prepare to be wittily and wisely entertained by an exceptional writer" (Daily Mail)
"Like a Barbara Pym novel, though Joanna Trollope has a much stronger grasp than Pym on the tangled web of family life" (The Times)
"The portrayal of the petty frustrations of clerical life is spot on and the novel is elegantly written" (Sunday Telegraph)
Book Description:
A poignant story of lonliness, rebellion and love.
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- PublisherBerkley Pub Group
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0425170551
- ISBN 13 9780425170557
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages355
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