Language 0241327733 
After the party. 
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Publication year: 2018
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: UK : Penguin Books, 2018.
ISBN: 9780241327739 (pbk.) : 8.99
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'I always wanted to be friends with both my sisters. Perhaps that was the source, really, of all the troubles of my life...' It is the summer of 1938 and Phyllis Forrester has returned to England after years abroad. Moving into her sister's grand country house, she soon finds herself entangled in a new world of idealistic beliefs and seemingly innocent friendships. Fevered talk of another war infiltrates their small, privileged circle, giving way to a thrilling solution: a great and charismatic leader, who will restore England to its former glory. At a party hosted by her new friends, Phyllis lets down her guard for a single moment, with devastating consequences. Years later, Phyllis, alone and embittered, recounts the dramatic events which led to her imprisonment and changed the course of her life forever.'Wonderfully subtle and compelling' Linda Grant 'Uncanny, evocative, atmospheric' Sunday Times'Connolly is a terrifically subtle writer... [she] slyly sweeps her readers into the p
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After a slow start the story concerns the lives of 3 sisters and their families living in Sussex.Local interest-Worthing is described as dreary!They join the British Union led by Mosley.A cautionary tale about middle/upper class society 1938-1943 with regular flashbacks.
17/12/18
West Sussex
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