By the winner of the 1984 Booker Prize and the author of Brief Lives, this story evokes loss and regret. Harriet, who felt excluded from love even as a child, marries a contemporary of her father. When she meets her friend's young husband, she is instantly aware of the compromises she has made.
- ISBN10 0224030906
- ISBN13 9780224030908
- Publish Date 29 August 1991
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 August 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Jonathan Cape Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English