Heartfelt debut novel by Tory MP and former Minister about a marriage under pressure .
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Ann Widdecombe is best known as a former Member of Parliament and for her broadcasting and journalism, but she long had ambitions to write novels. She is the author of four novels, and likes to write her novels on long train journeys and in Singapore, when visiting her Chinese nanny.
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Vendeur : Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. N° de réf. du vendeur 38514691-20
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Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Mark and Claire seem an ideal couple. He is an accountant, she the daughter of a successful businessman. They live in a comfortable middle-class village in Surrey. When the novel opens they are giving a garden party to celebrate their daughters baptism. During the party their son Jeremy is knocked down on the road outside when chasing after an escaped rabbit. He survives, but to all intents as a vegetable. Unable to speak, only grunt, incontinent, spoon-fed and propped up each day in front of a television. The once ideal marriage is troubled by the stress, the pressure caused by Jeremys state of health. Mark holds down his job only because the firm for whom he works gets substantial business from his father-in-law. Claire stays at home, looks after her declining son and young daughter and neglects her husband. Mark suggests a holiday on their own. But Claire refuses, because she worries about leaving Jeremy in care. Mark goes to Portugal on his own and meets a young widow with children on the beach. He is tempted to pursue an affair. He considers divorce, but worries about the guilt of leaving Claire with their crippled son. When her younger sister, Sally, an MP, launches a Private Members Bill to legalise euthanesia, the Press assumes she is doing it for her sister and besiege Mark and Claires home. All the time Jeremys stage of health is in slow decline. But is Jeremy the glue that holds the marriage together, however tenuously? Ann Widdecombe uses the analogy of the dead tree, once the glory of its garden, and now the host for a clematis that once a year covers it in flowers. Jeremy, she says is like the tree, passive; the clematis is the parental love that embraces him. In the climax to the book, Jeremys life reaches a crisis and he dies. What will happen to Mark and Claires marriage now? Will they be up to the challenge of rebuilding their marriage without their son? The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR002527393
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Vendeur : BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Good. Third impression. Signed by the author. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good complete DJ with some edge wear. N° de réf. du vendeur 9999-9996156014
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Vendeur : BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Good. Signed. Light wear to boards. Slight twist to spine. Content is clean and has light toning. DJ with some edge wear and creasing. N° de réf. du vendeur 9999-9996261433
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Vendeur : Reuseabook, Gloucester, GLOS, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Name in front of book. N° de réf. du vendeur CHL10821725
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Vendeur : Reuseabook, Gloucester, GLOS, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Ripped/damaged jacket. The dust jacket of this book is slightly damaged/ripped, however, this does not affect the internal condition. N° de réf. du vendeur CHL5964022
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Vendeur : BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ. N° de réf. du vendeur 9999-999103869921
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Vendeur : WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. First Edition. Signed by Author (Unverified). A small tear in the dust jacket. Otherwise a clear, bright copy. N° de réf. du vendeur rev7628657007
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Vendeur : Shadow Books, Norwich, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition. Immaculate in excellent but price-clipped DJ. Signed by Anne Widdecombe on main title page. N° de réf. du vendeur 011291
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Vendeur : MW Books, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
First Edition. Signed edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 277 p. ; 25 cm. Subjects; Children with disabilities England Surrey ; Fiction. Parent and child England Surrey ; Fiction. Middle class England Surrey ; Fiction. Sibling rivalry England Surrey ; Fiction. Euthanasia England Surrey ; Fiction. 3 Kg. N° de réf. du vendeur 432034
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