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Forty-Seven Roses
Peter Sheridan
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Description for Forty-Seven Roses
Hardcover. 8vo. Very good copy with dustwrapper. First edition
A powerful account of an obsessive love affair from the bestselling author of 44: A Dublin MemoirWhen Peter Sheridan's father died unexpectedly, the loss devastated his close-knit family. However, despite their grief, it soon became apparent that an awkward situation would have to be resolved. For over forty-seven years, Peter's father had maintained a relationship - mainly on paper - with another woman, Doris. She first met him in the 1940s as a naive young woman and determinedly kept up a correspondence that would span five decades, secretly hoping against hope that eventually Peter's father would be hers. Doris would ... Read more
A powerful account of an obsessive love affair from the bestselling author of 44: A Dublin MemoirWhen Peter Sheridan's father died unexpectedly, the loss devastated his close-knit family. However, despite their grief, it soon became apparent that an awkward situation would have to be resolved. For over forty-seven years, Peter's father had maintained a relationship - mainly on paper - with another woman, Doris. She first met him in the 1940s as a naive young woman and determinedly kept up a correspondence that would span five decades, secretly hoping against hope that eventually Peter's father would be hers. Doris would ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333902356
SKU
KEX0276856
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99-1
About Peter Sheridan
Born in Dublin in 1952, Peter Sheridan has spent most of his adult life there - writing, directing and collaborating in the theatre. He has previously written two volumes of memoir, both published by Macmillan. This is his first novel.
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