A Population of One

Beresford-Howe, Constance

ISBN 10: 0772300070 / ISBN 13: 9780772300072

Editore: Signet Books, 1978

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G0772300070I5N00

Riassunto:

Willy (Wilhelmina) Doyle has two objectives: to get a job teaching and to marry somebody as promptly as possible – or at the very least to have an affair. This latter plan is labelled The Project. Our heroine is undeterred by the fact that, at 30, she is starting both projects a little late.

The first objective is easily accomplished when Willy gets a job teaching in a university English department, which suits her very well. Progress on The Project, however, is more difficult to measure, in spite of the several men in Willy's new life. It is only after a romantic trip for two that Willy makes real progress on The Project — and comes to know true loneliness.

Told with a wry, self-deprecatory humour that can describe sexual disasters with elegance and affection, this book is part comedy and part tragedy. Readers will enjoy meeting brave, optimistic Willy Doyle.

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: A Population of One
Casa editrice: Signet Books
Data di pubblicazione: 1978
Legatura: Mass Market Paperback
Condizione: Fair
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket