The Mirror by Lynn Freed
A gripping story about what one strong, sexy woman really wants, and gets. This is simply a completely convincing tale, really well told in pitch-perfect prose, of a young Englishwoman -- spirited, bold, sexually liberated and ruthless -- who arrives in South Africa in the 1920s to take up a position as a housekeeper, and then proceeds to reinvent herself brazenly before our very eyes. We're not given to know much of her English past, but are instead required to marvel at her performance as a bold, independent woman getting on, through depression, deceit and disappointment. The novel has just the right amount of period feel, without ever becoming literary pastiche. In fact, it reads like a feminine counterpart to Stephen Millhauser's masterly Martin Dressler.
'An elegant and unusual novel, pitch-perfect from first word to last, beautifully crafted and stunningly honest in its illumination of what women really wantLike Duras' The Lover, it shines unexpected light into corners we all experience but seldom discuss.' Andrea Barrett, author of The Voyage of the Narwhal 'A sexy, compelling retelling of Pygmalion, only in Freed's extrordinary novel, the narrator is both clay and sculptor, muse and visionary, a true heroine of her own making.' Jill Ciment 'A delightfully earthy story, gracefully told.' Cosmopolitan
Lynn Freed is the author of two previous books, Home Ground and The Bungalow. She lives in Sonoma, California.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780006552031 |
| ISBN 10 | 000655203X |
| Title | The Mirror |
| Author | Lynn Freed |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2000-02-07 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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