To The North
Author: Bowen, Elizabeth
ISBN: 9780099287766
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 15 Jul 1999
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback / softback
The fourth novel by Elizabeth Bowen, described by the Guardian as 'One of the last century's greatest woman writers'
Cecilia, capricious and unable to love, inches reluctantly towards a second marriage to the kind, passionless Julian Tower. Meanwhile, her sister-in-law, Emmeline, is surprised to find the calm tenor of her life disturbed by her attraction to the predatory Mark Linkwater. Markie's appearance disrupts the lives of both women, but in the pain of misunderstanding, it is Emmeline who reveals her vulnerability in a violent and tragic act.
Reissued alongside The Hotel and The Little Girls
ISBN: 9780099287766
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 15 Jul 1999
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback / softback
The fourth novel by Elizabeth Bowen, described by the Guardian as 'One of the last century's greatest woman writers'
Cecilia, capricious and unable to love, inches reluctantly towards a second marriage to the kind, passionless Julian Tower. Meanwhile, her sister-in-law, Emmeline, is surprised to find the calm tenor of her life disturbed by her attraction to the predatory Mark Linkwater. Markie's appearance disrupts the lives of both women, but in the pain of misunderstanding, it is Emmeline who reveals her vulnerability in a violent and tragic act.
Reissued alongside The Hotel and The Little Girls
