Afternoon Of A Good Woman Paperback / softback
by Nina Bawden
Part of the Virago Modern Classics series
Paperback / softback
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'One of the wisest and most versatile of our novelists' CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH, GUARDIAN 'So intelligent and clear-eyed that every page seems to peel another layer of pretence' ISABEL QUIGLEY, FINANCIAL TIMES'Nina Bawden's novels are self-perpetuating pleasures' KIRKUS REVIEWS'Today, Tuesday, the day that Penelope has chosen to leave her husband, is the first really warm day of spring . . . 'Penelope has always done her best to be a good wife, a good mistress, a good mother - and a good magistrate.
Today she is more conscious that usual of the thinness of the thread that distinguishes good from bad, the law-abiding from the criminal.
Sitting in court, hearing a short, sad case of indecent exposure and a long, confused theft, she finds herself examining her own sex life - what would that sound like in court? - and her own actions and intentions. How would the court judge what she's about to do this afternoon . . . ?
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication Date:02/11/2006
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- ISBN:9781844084265
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication Date:02/11/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9781844084265
