| A Rather English Marriage Contributor(s): Lambert, Angela (Author) |
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ISBN: 144820402X ISBN-13: 9781448204021 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: 823.914 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.09 lbs) 354 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Roy Southgate and Reginald Conynghame-Jervis have nothing in common but their loneliness and their wartime memories. Roy, a retired milkman and Reggie, a former RAF Squadron Leader, are widowed on the same day. To assuage their grief, the vicar arranges for Roy to move in with Reggie as his unpaid manservant. To their surprise, they form a strange alliance, based on obedience, need and the strangeness of single life. Then Reggie meets Liz, a vibrant but near-bankrupt woman of irresistible appeal, while Roy and his son's family grow gradually closer. Marriage, it seems, however far from ideal, can be a great protector against isolation. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lambert, Angela: - Angela Lambert was born to a German mother and an English father and grew up bilingual. She studied at Oxford and worked as a civil servant, journalist, and TV reporter. Her first book, Unquiet Sounds: The Indian Summer of the British Aristocracy, was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize. |