The Halt During the Chase

Sophie—a clever and charming young woman—is trying to get out from under her mother’s thumb. She’s in love with her childhood friend Philip (pragmatic, attractive, a bit of a bore), but she often worries that she loves him too much for her own good, and that he might only be another thumb to crawl under. Both a sincere bildungsroman of Sophie’s attempt to seize a life for herself and a comic masterpiece with cutting observations and asides, The Halt During the Chase is flutteringly alive as it discusses different forms of love, adulthood (“Isn’t buying new lampshades a form of slow death?”), marriage, insecurity, and stifling British snobbery and classism. Sophie’s voice, fueled by Tonks’s acidic narration, evolves from thrashing about in various traps into a triumphant, croaky-throated liberation song.

General

Imprint:	New Directions Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2023
Authors:	Rosemary Tonks
Dimensions:	203 x 127mm (L x W)
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-0-8112-3745-1
Categories:	Books
LSN:	0-8112-3745-1
Barcode:	9780811237451

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