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Book SynopsisCritically acclaimed, this unique and compelling personal biography uncovers the hidden love triangle between novelist Elizabeth Bowen and the author's grandparents.
Trade Review‘It’s very epistolary and very beautiful, particularly with Bowen’s letters which are astonishingly beautiful, complex and intense. It’s like reading one of Elizabeth Bowen’s great novels' RSL Christopher Bland Prize
'A fascinating and moving portrait of love, loyalty and infidelity’ Sarah Waters
'Marvellous, gently elegiac, beautifully written, and fascinating' John Banville, New York Review of Books
'Bowen fans will be in her debt' Peter J. Conradi
'As literary discoveries go, it’s a big one' Sunday Times
'An essay of rare sensitivity and intelligent reflection' Telegraph
'Fascinating and poetic' Irish Times
‘A judicious moment-by-moment account of these complicated characters' Spectator
