Author:Mary Wesley
Hebe sits in the darkness and listens to her hypocritical grandparents and her older siblings discuss how her unexpected pregnancy must be terminated to avoid the shame it will bring. Determined to raise her child, she flees into the night with only her mother's jewellery to support her.
Twelve years later she is living happily alone in Cornwall, whilst her son attends an expensive private school. Hebe has harnessed her two great talents - cooking and making love - to make a living for herself, but when the separate strands of her life become intangled the even tenor of her days is threatened, and her world changes forever.
Delightful, intelligent entertainment
—— Sunday TelegraphTremendously lively, very funny, touching, spirited
—— Susan HillHugely enjoyable
—— Nicholas Shakespeare , The TimesWarm, wise, witty, sexy
—— Boston GlobeWise, witty, loving and caring about the foibles and frailties we all seem to have
—— David HockneyA consummate entertainer... It is Maupin's Dickensian gift to be able to render love convincingly
—— The Times Literary SupplementRobert Chandler's tenderly attentive rendering of The Railway perfectly captures the dreamy, circling music of Hamid Ismailov's prose
—— Chandrahas Choudhury , Daily TelegraphJean Plaidy conveys the texture of various patches of the past with such rich complexity
—— GuardianAnna Maxted tells a tale of sibling rivalry with wit and emotion
—— InStyleWarm, poignant and very funny
—— Marian KeyesHugely funny. Maxted writes beautifully
—— Daily ExpressThis modern day mythical fantasy is Anne Rice on an epic scale, a hugely imagined world. A chiller thriller from cold of Russia, this one's been selling like hot cakes around the world
—— Sunday Sport
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