A Family Romance
Author: Brookner, Anita
ISBN: 9780241979426
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 01 Dec 2016
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
Novel from the bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning Hotel du Lac
Paul and Henrietta Manning and their solitary, academic daughter Jane have nothing in common with Dolly, widow of Henrietta's brother. Corseted and painted, Dolly is a frivolous, superficial woman, who has little time for those without that inestimable quality - charm.
Jane, in particular, falls into this category, especially after the death of her parents. But Jane has money - and a conscience - and these bind her to Dolly. Through disagreements, disappointments and disapprovals, Jane and Dolly are enmeshed in an uneasy alliance in which history and family create closer ties than friendship ever could.
ISBN: 9780241979426
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 01 Dec 2016
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
Novel from the bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning Hotel du Lac
Paul and Henrietta Manning and their solitary, academic daughter Jane have nothing in common with Dolly, widow of Henrietta's brother. Corseted and painted, Dolly is a frivolous, superficial woman, who has little time for those without that inestimable quality - charm.
Jane, in particular, falls into this category, especially after the death of her parents. But Jane has money - and a conscience - and these bind her to Dolly. Through disagreements, disappointments and disapprovals, Jane and Dolly are enmeshed in an uneasy alliance in which history and family create closer ties than friendship ever could.
