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'Pacy and occasionally steamy ... perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon' YOU MAGAZINE
'A beautifully written tale ... 4 Stars' DAILY MAIL
'Billington's perceptive portrait of the complications of modern life is a Jane Austen for the 21st century' GOOD BOOK GUIDE
'She is in the front rank of those who write of women's lives' THE TABLET
Alice Lightfoot is far too young to be a widow and a grandmother. Perhaps she'd been too young to be a wife, although she was happy enough at the time. Now, nearly three years after her husband's death, the world suddenly seems to be changing.
Her daughter expects Alice's life to revolve around her grandchild, Lily, and everyone else seems to think that Alice must be looking for a new husband - after all, she's such a WIFE. There doesn't seem to be space to decide what Alice wants for herself: does she want a man around, or would independence give her the full life she craves?
Alice is a woman at a turning-point, coming out from the protection of a long marriage into the hurly-burly of the wider world. She has far-reaching choices to make and the seriously unexpected to face...
'A beautifully written tale ... 4 Stars' DAILY MAIL
'Billington's perceptive portrait of the complications of modern life is a Jane Austen for the 21st century' GOOD BOOK GUIDE
'She is in the front rank of those who write of women's lives' THE TABLET
Alice Lightfoot is far too young to be a widow and a grandmother. Perhaps she'd been too young to be a wife, although she was happy enough at the time. Now, nearly three years after her husband's death, the world suddenly seems to be changing.
Her daughter expects Alice's life to revolve around her grandchild, Lily, and everyone else seems to think that Alice must be looking for a new husband - after all, she's such a WIFE. There doesn't seem to be space to decide what Alice wants for herself: does she want a man around, or would independence give her the full life she craves?
Alice is a woman at a turning-point, coming out from the protection of a long marriage into the hurly-burly of the wider world. She has far-reaching choices to make and the seriously unexpected to face...
About the author
Rachel Billington has published twenty novels and nine books for children, as well as several non-fiction works. She is also a regular journalist, feature writer and reviewer. She is co-editor of Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners and a Vice-President of English PEN. She has four children and five grandchildren and lives in London and Dorset.
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