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The Variety Artistes

The Variety Artistes

by TomWakefield (Author)

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    Paperback 1988

    $3.24
Synopsis

An elderly widow, Lydia Poulton looks set to end her days in the loveless embrace of her family, where roses receive more nurturing than people. A chance meeting at a ?Know Your City? class brings Lydia face to face with the realization that whatever others may think she is still very far from ready to ?settle down?. Whirlwind romance, the friendship of another woman nad the lure of the foreign infuse Lydia?s life with overwhelming passion.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 192
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 15 Nov 1988
ISBN 10: 185242138X
ISBN 13: 9781852421380

Media Reviews
?A charming story of a warm and memorable character. And it does some much-needed damage to damaging stereotypes that cloud our view of older women? New York Times Book Review
Author Bio
Tom Wakefield was born of a mining family in the Midlands. His previous books include a collection of short stories, Drifters, novels, Mates, The Discus Throwers and The Variety Artistes, and a childhood autobiography, Forties' Child, also published by Serpent's Tail. Tom Wakefield died in 1997.