The Queen Of The Tambourine (Gardam Jane); Abacus, 2014

A wonderful bittersweet story about a misguided do-gooder

Eliza Peabody is one of those dangerously blameless women who believe they have God in their pocket. She is a modern-day Florence Nightingale, always up at the Hospice or the Wives' club; she is too enthusiastic; she talks too much. Her concern for the welfare of her wealthy south London neighbours even extends to ingenuous, well-meaning notes of unsolicited advice under the door.
It is just such a one-sided correspondence that heralds Eliza's undoing. Did her letter have something to do with Joan's abrupt disappearance from number forty-one? What to make of the long absences of her husband and Joan's, and of the two men's new, inseparable friendship? And why will no one else on Rathbone Road speak of Joan? As Eliza's own life seems to disintegrate, she finds that, despite the pity and embarrassment with which her neighbours greet her, she is at last being drawn into their lives - although not in the way she had once fantasised about. This is a sharp, poignant and wickedly funny tale of love, heartache and disillusionment.

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Параметр	Значение
ISBN	9780349102269
Автор(ы)	Gardam Jane
Вес	0.17
Возрастное ограничение	16+
Год издания	2014
Жанр	проза на иностранном языке
Издатель	Abacus
Издательство	Abacus
Кол-во страниц	227
Количество книг	1
Количество страниц	227
Обложка	мягкая обложка
Тип обложки	мягкая