Middled-aged copy-editor Pauline was once cheated on by her husband. She now sees the same thing happening to her daughter.
This is a clever novel that weaves together a mother/and-daughter story, a saga of past and present relationships and a study of rural vs. urban living. It’s set in the English countryside and the nature around the characters is vividly brought into being as a metaphorical mirror of what is happening to them.
It's such a slow-burner that I was surprised when it concluded in a moment of sudden action, albeit a satisfying one.
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