Books
by Dorothy Whipple
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Someone at a Distance |
Whipple is one of the women author's rediscovered by Persephone Books. Set in the fifties, a young French woman, employed as a companion to an elderly lady infiltrates herself into the family. Selfish, vain, manipulative, embittered by a failed love affaire, their prosperous contentment infuriates her, she will do whatever it takes to destroy their happiness. Phew! What a rollercoaster.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 117 Summer 2025) |
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