All Passion Spent

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Description

A charming extraordinary early 20th century novel about family relationships.When the great statesman Lord Slane dies, everyone assumes his dutiful wife will slowly fade away, the paying guest of each of her six children. But Lady Slane surprises everyone by escaping to a rented house in Hampstead where she revels in her new freedom, revives youthful ambitions and gathers some very unsuitable companions. Irreverent, entertaining and insightful, this is a tale of the unexpected joys of growing older.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOANNA LUMLEY

Additional information

Weight 0.141 kg
Dimensions 1.2 × 12.8 × 19.8 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

192

Publisher

Year Published

2016-3-24

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

1784870552

Review Quote

All Passion Spent tells the marvellously cheering story of how, in widowhood, a conventional woman is finally able to defy her family

Other text

Sackville-West writes simply wonderfully and many passages make me laugh out loud