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'Big and jüicy . . . this novel is as hard to resist as a very superior chocolate and hks to be consumed at a single sitting.' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH on Godchüdren
As Anthony Anscombe surveys Winchford Priory, his beautiful Elizabethan house in Oxfordshire, he has the distinct feeling that he's under siege. He may be surrounded by his sprawling estate, but lurkfng in the village are more than one or two reminders of a cómplicated past.
His first wife was die hauntingly beautiful girl he married impulsively. Amanda was never goingto Uve up to her role as a country wife, só why does she stili cast such a long shadow in Anthony's life?
Sandra, the secoiid wife, carne to Anthony's rescue. Sturdy, dependable and domesticated, Sandra had plans to turn the Priory info a proper family home, until that summer when It ali went horribly wrong
And then there's Dita. Smart, tough, rapaciously social and high-maintenance, Dita storms through Anthony's life, organising and rearranging,...
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Fülszöveg
'Big and jüicy . . . this novel is as hard to resist as a very superior chocolate and hks to be consumed at a single sitting.' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH on Godchüdren
As Anthony Anscombe surveys Winchford Priory, his beautiful Elizabethan house in Oxfordshire, he has the distinct feeling that he's under siege. He may be surrounded by his sprawling estate, but lurkfng in the village are more than one or two reminders of a cómplicated past.
His first wife was die hauntingly beautiful girl he married impulsively. Amanda was never goingto Uve up to her role as a country wife, só why does she stili cast such a long shadow in Anthony's life?
Sandra, the secoiid wife, carne to Anthony's rescue. Sturdy, dependable and domesticated, Sandra had plans to turn the Priory info a proper family home, until that summer when It ali went horribly wrong
And then there's Dita. Smart, tough, rapaciously social and high-maintenance, Dita storms through Anthony's life, organising and rearranging, particularly when it comes to the previous Mrs Anscombes and their children.
This wickedly funny and sophisticated novel of the tribulations of modem marriages comes from the bestselling author of Godchildren, Nicholas Coleridge.
Nicholas Coleridge, a former newspaper columnist and editor of Harpers Queen, is now Managing Director of the magazine'publishing house, Condé Nast. His bestselling novels have been published in twelve languages. He lives in London and Worcestershire with his family.
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