'A subtle and beautiful book ... Very few authors combine her acute
psychological insight with her grace and style. There is plenty of life
in the modern novel, plenty of authors who will shock and amaze you -
but who will put on the page a beautiful sentence, a sentence you will
want to read twice?' - HILARY MANTEL
INTRODUCED BY HILARY MANTEL, WITH A BEAUTIFUL COVER BY TEXTILE
DESIGNER FLORENCE BROADHURST
In affairs of the heart the race is not necessarily won by the swift or
the fair.
Imogen, the beautiful and much younger wife of distinguished barrister
Evelyn Gresham, is facing the greatest challenge of her married life.
Their neighbour Blanche Silcox, competent, middle-aged and ungainly -
the very opposite of Imogen - seems to be vying for Evelyn's attention.
And to Imogen's increasing disbelief, she may be succeeding.
'A subtle and beautiful book ... Very few authors combine her acute
psychological insight with her grace and style. There is plenty of life
in the modern novel, plenty of authors who will shock and amaze you -
but who will put on the page a beautiful sentence, a sentence you will
want to read twice?' Hilary Mantel, Sunday Times
