The Men And The Girls: a gripping novel about love, friendship and discontent from one of Britain’s best loved authors, Joanna Trollope

Author: Trollope, Joanna

Brand: Penguin Random House

Color: Black

Binding: paperback

Format: Deckle Edge

Number Of Pages: 320

Release Date: 01-01-1994

Details: Product Description


Julia Hunter and Kate Bain have found true happiness with men old enough to be their fathers. Julia organises her husband Hugh and their cherubic twins with ruthless efficiency and Kate has lived with James, for eight years,and although she refuses to marry him, she's apparently devoted to him. Hugh and James, lifelong friends, feel blessed indeed.But age differences cannot be ignored forever and when James accidentally knocks a fiercely independent spinster from her bicycle a chain of events is set off in which many suppressed discontents and frustrations emerge. Kate begins to seek out friends of her own age and Julia's career begins to blossom just as her husband's starts to decline ...The tranquil lives of the men and the girls seem shattered as new relationships develop and old anxieties surface.


Review


One of the finest chroniclers of the way we live now ―
Independent on Sunday

The queen of the domestic dilemma...observant and emphatic ―
The Sunday Times

A rare pleasure to find characters so likeable that one cares what becomes of them ―
Evening Standard

A delight. Trollope is never less than graceful and searchingly observant ―
Independent

Wholly enjoyable ―
The Times


From the Publisher


"If you haven't yet read her, you have a treat in store"
-Noeleen Dowling,
Irish Press
"A rare pleasure to find characters so likeable that one cares what becomes of them"-Polly Feversham, Evening Standard
"I know of few contemporary writers whose novels are more eagerly awaited"-Emma Soames, The Oldie
"Wholly enjoyabel"-Nicola Murphy, The Times


From the Inside Flap


and Kate Bain have, it seems, each found true happiness with men old enough to be their fathers.  The immaculate Julia organises her husband Hugh, a television personality, with the same efficiency with which she runs their lovely home and cherubic twins.  Kate has lived with James Mallow, a retired teacher, for eight years, and although she refuses to marry him she is apparently devoted to him.  Hugh and James, lifelong friends and now in their sixties, feel blessed indeed.

But the age difference cannot be ignored forever, and when the eccentric and fiercely independent elderly spinster Miss Beatrice Bachelor enters their lives--after James, absent-mindedly driving without his spectacles through the dark and rainy Oxford streets, knocks her off her bicycle--a chain of events is set off in which many suppressed discontents and frustrations emerge.  Kate begins to seek out friends of her own age, while Julia finds her own career blossoming just as h


About the Author


Joanna Trollope is the author of many highly acclaimed bestselling novels. She has also written a study of women in the British Empire, Britannia's Daughters, as well as a number of historical novels. Born in Gloucestershire, she now lives in London. She was appointed OBE in the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours List and CBE in 2019.

EAN: 9780552994927

Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.0 x 0.9 inches

Languages: English