'A truly great book. It is beautifully written, shrewdly observed
and deftly crafted, but the novel's real concern is what it means
for a woman to live an authentic life' Elizabeth Day A chance
encounter with the man who enchanted her as a teenager leads Olivia
Curtis into to a forbidden love affair. He is now married, and
Olivia's life changes to one of secret meetings, brief phone calls
and snatched liaisons in anonymous hotel rooms. Years ahead of its
time when first published in 1936, this subtle and powerful novel
shocked it readers with its searing honesty and passionate
portrayal of clandestine love. * Books included in the VMC 40th
anniversary series include: Frost in May by Antonia White; The
Collected Stories of Grace Paley; Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault;
The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter; The Weather in the Streets by
Rosamond Lehmann; Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith; The Return of
the Soldier by Rebecca West; Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora
Neale Hurston; Heartburn by Nora Ephron; The Dud Avocado by Elaine
Dundy; Memento Mori by Muriel Spark; A View of the Harbour by
Elizabeth Taylor; and Faces in the Water by Janet Frame
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