Blaming (Virago Modern Classics)

Blaming (Virago Modern Classics)

by ElizabethTaylor (Author)

Synopsis

While on holiday in Istanbul, tragedy strikes, and suddenly the comfortably middle-aged, middle-class Amy is left stranded and a widow. Martha, a young American novelist, kindly helps her, but upon their return to England, Amy is ungratefully reluctant to maintain their friendshipon home soil she realizes that in normal circumstances, Martha isn't the sort of person she would be friends with. But guilt is a hard taskmaster, and Martha has a way of getting under one's skin."

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 201
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
Published: 16 Jan 1992

ISBN 10: 0860687775
ISBN 13: 9780860687771

Media Reviews
A compassionate and devastating tale * Daily Mail *
Jane Austen, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Pym, Elizabeth Bowen - soul-sisters all * Anne Tyler *
Elizabeth Taylor had the keenest eye and ear for the pain lurking behind a genteel demeanour * Paul Bailey, Guardian *
How deeply I envy any reader coming to her for the first time! * Elizabeth Jane Howard *
Author Bio
Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975) was born and educated in Reading. On leaving school she worked as a governess and later in a library. She lived much of her married life in the village of Penn, Bucks. In 1984 ANGEL was selected by the Book Marketing Council's 'Best Novels of Our Time'.