Book description
In the faded coastal village of Newby, everyone looks out for - and in
on - each other, and beneath the deceptively sleepy exterior, passions
run high. Beautiful divorcee Tory is painfully involved with her
neighbour, Robert, while his wife Beth, Tory's best friend, is consumed
by the worlds she creates in her novels, oblivious to the relationship
developing next door. Their daughter Prudence is aware, however, and is
appalled by the treachery she observes. Mrs Bracey, an invalid whose
grasp on life is slipping, forever peers from her window, constantly
prodding her daughters for news of the outside world. And Lily Wilson, a
lonely young widow, is frightened of her own home. Into their lives
steps Bertram, a retired naval officer with the unfortunate capacity to
inflict lasting damage while trying to do good. Every one of her books
is a treat and this is my favourite, because of its wonderful cast of
characters, and because of the deftness with which Taylor's narrative
moves between them ... A wonderful writer Sarah Waters Jane Austen,
Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Pym, Elizabeth Bowen - soul-sisters all Anne
Tyler A wonderful novelist Jilly Cooper An eye as sharply all-seeing as
her prose-style is elegant - even the humdrum becomes astonishing DAILY
TELEGRAPH Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975) was born and educated in
Reading. On leaving school she worked as a governess & later in a
library. She lived much of her married life in the village of Penn,
Bucks. In 1984 ANGEL was selected by the Book Marketing Council's 'Best
Novels of Our Time'.
