Before the war : a novel Fay Weldon.
"1922. Vivien is twenty-four and a spinster. She wears fashionably droopy clothes, but she is plain and--almost worse--intelligent. At nearly six feet tall, she is known unkindly by her family as "the giantess." Fortunately, Vivien is rich, so she can travel to London and bribe a charismatic gentleman publisher to marry her. What he does not know is that Vivien is pregnant with another man's child and will die in childbirth in just a few months... Fay Weldon, with one eye on the present and one on the past, offers Vivien's fate, along with that of London between World War I and World War II. This is a city fizzing with change, full of flat-chested flappers, shell-shocked soldiers, and aristocrats clinging onto the past. Inventive, warm, playful, and full of Weldon's trademark ironic edge, Before the War is a spellbinding novel from one of the best writers of our time"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250121233
- ISBN: 125012123X
- Physical Description: 298 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2017.
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- 12 of 12 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 12 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC WELDON (Text) | 36015000351219 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Richlands Branch Library | FIC WELDON (Text) | 36015001330055 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
