Effervescent, touching and sharply original, Francine Stock's irresistible new novel is about life, love, marriage not to mention the wonder of textiles - at a pivotal moment when the man made world of the Fifties was about to change. t's the start of the Sixties in a smart English suburb. Blonde, perfect Patsy is the ideal help - meet - attractive, ambitious, giving form to her husband's life, and style to their fabulous interior decor. Alan, too has film-star good looks but it's his work that defines him. He's a scientist on the verge of a big breakthrough. His corporation is in the race to find the new wonder fibre that blends convenience with style for the modern executive, and Alan is jetted over to head office in Delaware. Its'a cut throat man's world where Alan, a guppy in the shark infested water, turns out to have a surprising instinct for survival. ut for Patsy, at home with three small children, this wasn't part of the grand plan. The Patsy of those days needs to be defined by a man. She's exacting, hard to resist and surprisingly vulnerable- a dangerous combination.
- ISBN10 0701173424
- ISBN13 9780701173425
- Publish Date 1 August 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 August 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Chatto & Windus
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English