Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2015.
London 1922. Frances and her mother lost all their male relatives in the war and are left struggling with a big house in Camberwell. They take in lodgers, a young married couple. The author is well known for her tales of gay relationships so it is no surprise when Frances and the young lodger’s wife, Lily, have an affair. But it is a surprise to them. Their passion escalates resulting in a tragedy. When an innocent boy is charged with murder the girls have hard decisions to face. This is a fascinating tale of class, sex and the consequences of a passionate affair. It is tense with an unexpected ending, certainly a page-turner with the backdrop of a dreary London so vividly described; Sarah Waters at her best.
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