Patrick Parker, golden child of bomb-devastated Coventry, adored and encouraged by his mother, fulfils his dream destiny to be a bridge builder as great as Brunel. Audrey Wapshott, born at the same time, feels her destiny is to become the wife of handsome, brilliant Patrick. But Patrick has other plans and Audrey, miserable and abandoned, is left to follow her own journey to self-fulfilment beginning in Paris, and sinfulness, in the arms of a much older man. When their paths cross years later, wicked Audrey plots a grand and satisfying retribution.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571214488
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 265 g
Dimensions: 197 x 127 x 24 mm
Edition: Main
"'There has always been a touch of the Alan Bennett about Mavis Cheek. Both writers share an uncanny talent for capturing the cadences of the way we speak, and for re-creating them on the page so delicately and with such charm that it takes your breath away... Cheek is an English author to be cherished.' Daily Mail 'There is much of Alan Sillitoe and John Braine in the portrait of the working-class boy on the make, and Cheek has a excellent eye for detail...' Michael Arditti, Daily Express"
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