Passing Strangers
and other stories
1st Edition
Published on 29. February 2012
256 pages
978-1-4481-0786-5 (ISBN)
Description
Brief romantic encounters that sparkle with humour and poignancy.
Meet Maggie and Don, the conventional married couple, whose lives are dramatically interrupted by the arrival of Beth, Maggie's beautiful but impulsive friend ...
Anne, the plain and practical secretary who dreams of capturing the heart of dashing Bruce Gordon, the firm's accountant ...
The young man and woman alone in a crowded airport terminal who find brief solace in each other's company ...
Just some of the marvelous characters, young and old, that people this richly observed collection of short stories.
Meet Maggie and Don, the conventional married couple, whose lives are dramatically interrupted by the arrival of Beth, Maggie's beautiful but impulsive friend ...
Anne, the plain and practical secretary who dreams of capturing the heart of dashing Bruce Gordon, the firm's accountant ...
The young man and woman alone in a crowded airport terminal who find brief solace in each other's company ...
Just some of the marvelous characters, young and old, that people this richly observed collection of short stories.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cornerstone
File size
0,33 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4481-0786-5 (9781448107865)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Marie Joseph
Passing Strangers and Other Stories
Book
07/1989
Arrow Books Ltd
€23.71
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Person
Marie Joseph was born in Lancashire and was educated at Blackburn High School for Girls. Before her marriage she was in the Civil Service. She lived in Middlesex with her husband, a retired chartered Engineer, and had two daughters and eight grandchildren.
Marie Joseph began her writing career as a short-story writer and used her Northern background to enrich her bestselling novels. Down-to-earth characters bring a vivid authenticity to her stories, which were written with both humour and poignancy.
Her novel: A Better World Than This won the 1987 Romantic Novelist's Association Major Award.
She died in 1996.
Marie Joseph began her writing career as a short-story writer and used her Northern background to enrich her bestselling novels. Down-to-earth characters bring a vivid authenticity to her stories, which were written with both humour and poignancy.
Her novel: A Better World Than This won the 1987 Romantic Novelist's Association Major Award.
She died in 1996.
