Edith Trembath's charming inability to cope with problems of everyday life is a constant source of embarrassment to her friends and family. Unwittingly, she provokes friends and enemies alike, and has a disconcerting habit of not finishing what she is saying. When Edith hints that she has an incurable illness and might soon be departing this world, the lives of her acquaintances become even more complicated. Edith's sixteen year old daughter Corinne falls hopelessly in love with her brother Robert; and Edith's husband becomes involved with another woman. It is left to Filmer, the mysterious gardener, to effect a cure for Edith's malady but his sinister methods are unorthodox to say the least. The delicacy of A. L. Barker's style harbours dark shadows of the macabre, the distressing and the bizarre. 'A quirky, bizarre, earthy book... Miss Barker transfixes ordinariness with her arrowed prose.' Sunday Times 'She writes with witty undertone, stylish, oblique... like a 1970's Jane Austen.' The Observer
Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.
EUR 5,76 expédition depuis Royaume-Uni vers France
Destinations, frais et délaisVendeur : Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, Royaume-Uni
Blue hardback cloth cover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. 200mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). 208pp. N° de réf. du vendeur c2492
Quantité disponible : 1 disponible(s)
Vendeur : Stephen White Books, Bradford, Royaume-Uni
hardcover. Etat : Acceptable. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. With Dust Cover. Stained at mid fore edge. Otherwise, book remains in generally good condition considering age. Quick dispatch from UK seller. N° de réf. du vendeur mon0000544382
Quantité disponible : 1 disponible(s)