Monogamy

Miller, Sue

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Annie’s not the first love of Graham’s life but she is, he thinks, his last and greatest. Very recently, he has faltered; but he means to put it right. Here they are in marriage, in late middle age, in comfort. Mismatched, and yet so well matched: the bookseller with his appetite, his conviviality, his bigness; the photographer with her delicacy, her astuteness, her reserve. The children are offstage, grown up and scattered on either coast; Graham’s first wife, Frieda, is peaceably in their lives, but not between them. Then the unthinkable happens. Now Annie stumbles in the dark: did she know all there was to know about the man who loved her? If no marriage is without its small indiscretions, how great does a betrayal have to be to be to break it?

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Publish Date: 10/06/2021

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‘Penetrating, intelligent, humane, funny too … Smart and powerfully alive’ Tessa Hadley‘Superb’ Daily Mail‘A poignant page-turner, delving deep into our most intimate relationships’ Evening StandardAnnie is the great love of Graham’s life. Here they are in late middle-age, the photographer and the bookseller, so mismatched and yet so well-matched. Theirs is a happy marriage of nearly thirty years – and even the happiest of marriages, Graham tells himself, have their secrets.Then the unthinkable happens, and suddenly Annie is alone, stumbling in the dark. How much can we ever know the people who love us?‘With what exquisite truth Sue Miller writes ? I was completely wrapped up in the beautifully, and often so tenderly observed rollercoaster of grief. An invaluably moving book’ Juliet Nicolson

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Weight 252 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 24 mm
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Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

340

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

813.54 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K