A PETROL SCENTED SPRING

Close, Ajay

ISBN 10: 1910124613 / ISBN 13: 9781910124611

Published by Sandstone Press, 2015

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Publisher - Sandstone Press, Dingwall, 2015. 1st ed. Inscribed and signed by author to title page. Near fine condition. Seller Inventory # ABE-1682336615110

Bibliographic Details

Title: A PETROL SCENTED SPRING

Publisher: Sandstone Press

Publication Date: 2015

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis:

The day after her wedding, Donella Ferguson Watson wakes up shackled to a man haunted by the past. The lonely days become weeks, months. Her husband Hugh, a prison doctor, will offer no explanation for their sexless marriage. She comes to suspect the answer lies with a hunger-striking suffragette who was force-fed and held in solitary confinement. But what really happened between Hugh and his prisoner patient? A Petrol Scented Spring is a riveting novel of repression, jealousy, and love, and the struggle for women's emancipation. "Close writes with breathless wit, dizzying passion, a quick sympathy for her two heroines, and an unflinching eye for the mechanics of the medial procedures inflicted on prisoners of conscience."--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author:

Born in Sheffield, Ajay Close took an English degree at Cambridge. She worked as a newspaper journalist, winning several awards, before becoming a full time author and playwright. Her first play, The Keekin Gless, was staged at Perth Theatre in July 2009. Her second, The Sma Room Seance, was performed at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe. She is the author of Forspoken (Secker & Warburg, 1998) and Trust (Blackfriars), which was published in February 2014. All three books collected rave reviews.