The Birds of the Air - Brossura

Thomas Ellis, Alice

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1780336594 ISBN 13: 9781780336596

Casa editrice: Corsair, 2012

Riassunto

Mary felt rather like someone for whom a marriage was being arranged by people who doubted the suitability of the match but could think of no seemly way of retiring. Her family and friends behaved like outsiders privy to a secret and dubious courtship, treating her with an arch, considered and wholly unnatural care, whispering together and falling silent when they remembered her sitting by the window and possibly listening.

Mary Marsh has lost her only child, but rather than allow her peace in which to grieve, her mother cajoles her into participating in a proper family Christmas. As the various guests arrive, Mary's sister Barbara, Barbara's children and husband, Barbara's lover, Barbara's husband's lover ("the Thrush"), Vera and Dennis the neighbors, a grown cat and a kitten, the house descends into farcical chaos.

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Descrizione del libro:

A new edition of one of Alice Thomas Ellis's sharpest comedies.

L'autore:

Alice Thomas Ellis, whose real name was Anna Haycraft, was half-Finnish, half-Welsh and spent her childhood in Liverpool and as an evacuee in North Wales. She lived in Camden in North London with her family. Her friend Beryl Bainbridge wrote of her: "Whenever I had to go somewhere in an aeroplane I'd ring Anna up and ask if she thought God would keep it in the air. She always said He would."

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• Editore: Corsair
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1780336594
• ISBN 13: 9781780336596
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 160