Friends and Relations - by Elizabeth Bowen (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Elizabeth Bowen's deceptively simple novel opens with the weddings of two quietly conventional sisters: Laurel to Edward, and Janet to Rodney. Ten years later, one intense week is all it takes to unravel the couples' peaceful lives as a long-concealed secret explodes to the surface. The repercussions ripple through four different families connected by the two marriages, hinging on the comic interventions of such vivid characters as Edward's mother, the glamorous and scandal-ridden Lady Elfrida; Rodney's notorious rake of an uncle; and a stridently awkward teenager, Theodora, who is keen to insert herself into the drama. Humor and pain abound in <i>Friends and Relations</i>, as Bowen weaves the barest hints of menace and the subtlest nuances of emotion into this devastating tale of the tangled web of human relationships.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"[Bowen has] a genius for conveying the reader straight into the most powerful and complex regions of the heart." --<i>The New York Times</i> <p/> "The worlds Miss Bowen creates are so immediately absorbing, those glimpses she allows us of the eccentricities of other people's relationships so fascinating that one cannot help wanting more." --<i>Daily Telegraph</i> <p/>"One of the most original writers of comedy in fiction that we have." --<i>The Times </i>(London)<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>ELIZABETH BOWEN was born in Dublin in 1899, the only child of an Irish lawyer and landowner. Her book <i>Bowen's Court </i>(1942) is the history of her family and their house in County Cork. Throughout her life, she divided her time between London and Bowen's Court, which she inherited. She wrote many acclaimed novels and short story collections, was awarded the CBE in 1948, and was made a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 1965. She died in 1973.
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