Morality Tale
Sylvia Brownrigg(Author)
Picador (Publisher)
Published on 4. July 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-330-45823-8 (ISBN)
Description
You've been married for several years. Long enough, certainly, for the rosy glow of your first love to have faded, dulled by the routine and reality of everyday life - including, in your particular case, his vitriolic ex-wife and two cute but time-intensive stepsons.
Then, one day, you meet him. The man of your dreams. (Or, at least, he will be from now on.) You weren't expecting it, but you look at him, he looks at you, and it's there: that spark of attraction, understanding, whatever you call it. (And certainly, you call it something different from your husband, when he finds out.)
The real question, though, is not so much what you call it but what you do about it . . .
'Brownrigg has perfect pitch, and she sees with amazing depth and tenderness into the hearts of her real-as-real characters - and into the reader's heart too' Michael Chabon
'In this slim, devastating novel, the marvelously talented Sylvia Brownrigg tells us more about the emotional politics of modern marriage - and divorce - than I can remember reading in a long time. It's a bulletin from the front lines: timely, true, and at its heart surprisingly tender' Ann Packer
Then, one day, you meet him. The man of your dreams. (Or, at least, he will be from now on.) You weren't expecting it, but you look at him, he looks at you, and it's there: that spark of attraction, understanding, whatever you call it. (And certainly, you call it something different from your husband, when he finds out.)
The real question, though, is not so much what you call it but what you do about it . . .
'Brownrigg has perfect pitch, and she sees with amazing depth and tenderness into the hearts of her real-as-real characters - and into the reader's heart too' Michael Chabon
'In this slim, devastating novel, the marvelously talented Sylvia Brownrigg tells us more about the emotional politics of modern marriage - and divorce - than I can remember reading in a long time. It's a bulletin from the front lines: timely, true, and at its heart surprisingly tender' Ann Packer
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
170 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-330-45823-8 (9780330458238)
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Person
Sylvia Brownrigg is the author of three novels, The Delivery Room , Pages for You and The Metaphysical Touch, as well as a collection of short stories, Ten Women Who Shook the World. She was raised in England and California and continues, with her family, to divide her time between London and Berkeley.