A Village Affair - Hardcover

Trollope, Joanna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060391022 ISBN 13: 9780060391027

Publisher: Harpercollins, 1989

Synopsis

The general view in the village of Pitcombe was that Alice Jordan was extraordinarily blessed among mortals - lovely house, nice husband, dear little children and more than enough money. Why then, did Alice herself feel there was something missing?

About this title

About the Author:

Joanna Trollope has been writing for more than 30 years. Her enormously successful contemporary works of fiction, several of which have been televised, include Other People's Children, Marrying the Mistress, Girl from the South, Brother & Sister, Second Honeymoon, and Friday Nights. She was awarded the OBE in 1996 for services to literature.

From Library Journal:

In 1977 Alice Meadows marries Martin Jordan to escape her parents' seedy house and join his glamorous and prosperous family. Her painting flourishes. By the mid-1980s, Alice finds herself with three children, a plodding husband, and a picturesque house in a "much sought-after village" near Salisbury. However, she exists in an emotional vacuum and can no longer paint. Then the local squire's daughter, Clodagh, arrives to awaken Alice to passion and artistic rebirth. The women's affair shatters Martin and scandalizes the village. Eventually Alice rejects eveyone, including Clodagh, and decides to support her children through her art. Because Alice is so tiresome and self-absorbed, most readers probably won't care whether she succeeds or not. The strenght of several minor characters cannot compensate for the tedium of considering Alice's woes.
- Kathy Piehl, Mankato State Univ., Minn.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0060391022
• ISBN 13: 9780060391027
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 231