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21%OFFMary Wesley - Part of the Furniture - 9780099513056 - V9780099513056
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Part of the Furniture

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Description for Part of the Furniture Paperback. Seventeen-year-old Juno Marlowe has just waved off to war the two young men she has loved for the best part of her life when the air raid sirens begin to wail out across London. She is rescued from this nightmare by a gaunt stranger called Evelyn, frail and older than his years. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.

Seventeen-year-old Juno Marlowe has just waved off to war the two young men she has loved for the best part of her life when the air raid sirens begin to wail out across London. She is rescued from this nightmare by a gaunt stranger called Evelyn, frail and older than his years, who offers her the protection of his house and his family before dying suddenly in the night.

Determined to avoid being sent to Canada to join her mother and new step-father, and still grieving for her lost lovers, Juno instead finds herself on a train to Cornwall ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099513056
SKU
V9780099513056
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About Mary Wesley
Mary Wesley was born near Windsor in 1912. Her education took her to the London School of Economics and during the War she worked in the War Office. Although she initially fulfilled her parent's expectations in marrying an aristocrat she then scandalised them when she divorced him in 1945 and moved in with the great love of her life, Eric ... Read more

Reviews for Part of the Furniture
A novel whose freshness of tone, energy of plotting and sweet nature make it exceptional by any standards
Sunday Telegraph
Few novelists offer such a rich concoction of amoral spice and cleverness; but to judge her work exclusively on this level is to miss more subtle rewards
Mail on Sunday
With its brilliant final twist, this ... Read more

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