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The Rector’s Wife : a moving and compelling novel of sacrifice and self-discovery from one of Britain’s best loved authors, Joanna Trollope

Author: Joanna Trollope
SKU: 9780552994705

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For twenty years, Anna Bouverie, as a priest’s wife, has served God and the parish in a variety of ways. She has baked for the Brownies, delivered parish magazines, washed and ironed her husband’s surplices and clothed herself and her children in jumble-sale items. When her husband fails to gain promotion to archdeacon and retreats into isolated bitterness, and the bullying of her daughter at the local comprehensive reaches an intolerable level, Anna rebels.

She takes a job in the local supermarket where she earns her own money, her sense of self-worth, the shocked disapproval of the parish and the icy fury of her husband. She also attracts the passionate interest of three very different men, each of whom was to play a significant part in the blossoming of her life …

  • Classifications: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
  • Readership:General (US: Trade)
  • Format: Paperback softback 288 pages

ISBN : 9780552994705

Published : 1 Jul 1992

Author : Joanna Trollope

Main Material : Paperback softback

Publisher : Transworld Publishers Ltd

Size : 198 x 127 x 21 (mm)

Weight : 198g

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