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Elizabeth Alone
William Trevor
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Description for Elizabeth Alone
Paperback. First US edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW sunned to spine and with a small tear to rear top edge, otherwise a fine copy
'Genteel mostly, respectable all, the world here is London SW, south of the river. With a fruitful marriage (and a quick, astonishing adulterous bounce) behind her, comfortable, amiable Mrs Aidallbery - Elizabeth - is in hospital for a hysterectomy.'So is Sylvie Clapper, with false teeth and bleached hair, young witless, cheery. She lives with a slippery Irishman: no children yet and now no chance. Likewise confined, devout Miss Samson with the raw blackberry birthmark worries about her boarding-house, for believers only, and the discovery that her Christian mentor died in disbelief. And Lily Drucker, after repeated abortions, is in for ... Read more
'Genteel mostly, respectable all, the world here is London SW, south of the river. With a fruitful marriage (and a quick, astonishing adulterous bounce) behind her, comfortable, amiable Mrs Aidallbery - Elizabeth - is in hospital for a hysterectomy.'So is Sylvie Clapper, with false teeth and bleached hair, young witless, cheery. She lives with a slippery Irishman: no children yet and now no chance. Likewise confined, devout Miss Samson with the raw blackberry birthmark worries about her boarding-house, for believers only, and the discovery that her Christian mentor died in disbelief. And Lily Drucker, after repeated abortions, is in for ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140097566
SKU
KSG0015908
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
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