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Elizabeth Alone William Trevor

Elizabeth Alone By William Trevor

Elizabeth Alone by William Trevor


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Elizabeth Alone by William Trevor

'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 childbirth, while her clawed mother-in-law tries to bait back her son with sausage rolls and Lincoln Creams... And there is William Trevor, taking relays from flies on a hundred walls, snipping, linking, shaping his material with delicate understanding, respect and a sparing trickle - just enough - of humour... A finely observed, gently sensitive comedy, delightful to read, like lived experience to remember' - "Daily Telegraph"

Additional information

GOR002936716
9780140097566
0140097562
Elizabeth Alone by William Trevor
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
1988-01-28
272
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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