Female desire and sexuality, and the elusive nature of identity are brilliantly explored in this novel which glimmers with insight and truth. A beautiful woman in her early thirties, Mary Lavery, nee Dunne lives in New York and is happily married to a much feted British playwright. But before this there have been other lives, two previous husbands, and a Catholic girlhood filled with suppressed passion. A brief encounter with an old friend brings back a sudden flood of memories from the past - memories which confuse and disturb...
- ISBN10 0771092288
- ISBN13 9780771092282
- Publish Date 31 December 1991 (first published 19 June 1968)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 217
- Language English