Harnessing Peacocks - Softcover
A compartmentalized life becomes entangled.
Hebe listens in the darkness of the hall to a family conference. Her stern grandfather and the others are discussing Hebe’s unexpected pregnancy. The decision, unanimous, is that it be terminated. Hebe, dissenting, flees into the night.
Twelve summers later she is living happily alone with her son in a seaside town where he is receiving an expensive education. Hebe has organized her life oddly but well. She has two chief talents in life — cooking and making love — and these she has exercised with dignity, in privacy and for profit.
It is when separated strands of the web of Hebe’s life becomes entangled that the even tenor of her days is threatened, and her life changes.
Hebe listens in the darkness of the hall to a family conference. Her stern grandfather and the others are discussing Hebe’s unexpected pregnancy. The decision, unanimous, is that it be terminated. Hebe, dissenting, flees into the night.
Twelve summers later she is living happily alone with her son in a seaside town where he is receiving an expensive education. Hebe has organized her life oddly but well. She has two chief talents in life — cooking and making love — and these she has exercised with dignity, in privacy and for profit.
It is when separated strands of the web of Hebe’s life becomes entangled that the even tenor of her days is threatened, and her life changes.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
Mary Wesley was born near Windsor in 1912. Her education took her to the London School of Economics and during the War she worked in the War Office. She published her first novel (Jumping the Queue) at the age of seventy, and went on to write a further nine novels. Mary Wesley died in 2002.
Review:
“Delightful, intelligent entertainment.”
–Daily Telegraph
“Warm, wise, witty, sexy.”
–Boston Globe
–Daily Telegraph
“Warm, wise, witty, sexy.”
–Boston Globe
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherVintage Books
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0099501686
- ISBN 13 9780099501688
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages272
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 16.59
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Seller Image
Harnessing Peacocks (Paperback)
Published by
Vintage Publishing, London
(2007)
ISBN 10: 0099501686
ISBN 13: 9780099501688
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A single mother's scandalous past returns to complicate the present in this deftly-plotted comedy by the beloved Mary Wesley.Hebe sits in the darkness and listens to her hypocritical grandparents and her older siblings discuss how her unexpected pregnancy must be terminated to avoid the shame it will bring. Determined to raise her child, she flees into the night with only her mother's jewellery to support her.Twelve years later she is living happily alone in Cornwall, whilst her son attends an expensive private school. Hebe has harnessed her two great talents - cooking and making love - to make a living for herself, but when the separate strands of her life become intangled the even tenor of her days is threatened, and her world changes forever. Hebe has harnessed her two great talents - cooking and making love - to make a living for herself, but when the separate strands of her life become intangled the even tenor of her days is threatened, and her world changes forever. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780099501688
Buy New
US$ 16.59
Convert currency
Stock Image
Harnessing Peacocks
Published by
Random House 2007-05-03, London
(2007)
ISBN 10: 0099501686
ISBN 13: 9780099501688
New
paperback
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 9780099501688
Buy New
US$ 11.58
Convert currency
Seller Image
Harnessing Peacocks [Soft Cover ]
Published by
Vintage Books
(2007)
ISBN 10: 0099501686
ISBN 13: 9780099501688
New
Soft Cover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780099501688
Buy New
US$ 23.16
Convert currency
Stock Image
Harnessing Peacocks
Published by
Vintage Publishing
(2007)
ISBN 10: 0099501686
ISBN 13: 9780099501688
New
Paperback / softback
Quantity: 2
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Hebe has harnessed her two great talents - cooking and making love - to make a living for herself, but when the separate strands of her life become intangled the even tenor of her days is threatened, and her world changes forever. Seller Inventory # B9780099501688
Buy New
US$ 12.22
Convert currency
Stock Image
Harnessing Peacocks
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 272 pages. 7.80x5.08x0.67 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __0099501686
Buy New
US$ 11.78
Convert currency
Stock Image
Harnessing Peacocks
Published by
Vintage Books
(2007)
ISBN 10: 0099501686
ISBN 13: 9780099501688
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. In eng. Seller Inventory # ria9780099501688_new
Buy New
US$ 12.07
Convert currency
Stock Image
Harnessing Peacocks
Published by
Vintage Books
(2007)
ISBN 10: 0099501686
ISBN 13: 9780099501688
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0099501686
Buy New
US$ 21.45
Convert currency
Stock Image
Harnessing Peacocks
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. 2007. New Ed. Paperback. Hebe listens in the darkness of the hall to a family conference. The stern hypocrisy of her grandfather is winning the day. He has summoned her three horsey sisters' successful husbands and they are discussing Hebe's unexpected pregnancy. The decision, unanimous, is that it be terminated. Hebe, dissenting, flees into the night. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780099501688
Buy New
US$ 15.02
Convert currency
Stock Image
Harnessing Peacocks
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. 2007. New Ed. Paperback. Hebe listens in the darkness of the hall to a family conference. The stern hypocrisy of her grandfather is winning the day. He has summoned her three horsey sisters' successful husbands and they are discussing Hebe's unexpected pregnancy. The decision, unanimous, is that it be terminated. Hebe, dissenting, flees into the night. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780099501688
Buy New
US$ 17.14
Convert currency
Stock Image
Harnessing Peacocks
Published by
Vintage Books
(2007)
ISBN 10: 0099501686
ISBN 13: 9780099501688
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0099501686
Buy New
US$ 26.44
Convert currency