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Sipurah shel Elis / Eṿelin Anṭoni ; ʻIvrit Yifʻah Hadar.
- Title
- Sipurah shel Elis / Eṿelin Anṭoni ; ʻIvrit Yifʻah Hadar.
- Author
- Anthony, Evelyn.
- Publication
- Tel Aviv : Shalgi, 1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | Heb 44903.592 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Hadar, Yifʻah.
- Description
- 321 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- The marriage of Boston debutante Alice Holmes Fry and Hugo Vandekar, in 1934, is marred by her averson to sex. They purchase a magnificent estate called Ashdown, where Alice gives birth to Fern, a child she shuns. During World War II, Ashdown is temporarily converted into a convalescent home for officers, one of whom becomes Alice's pet patient and father of her illegitimate son, Richard. The Vandekars' strained relations worsen when Richard (Alice's favorite) marries nymphomaniac Diana Brayley, and Fern (Hugo's favorite) weds struggling artist Brian Kiernan. Eventually, Diana's infidelities destroy Richard, and, after the family discovers her shocking liaison with Brian, she dies suddenly at Ashdown. Years later, Nancy, Diana's daughter, warily investigates her mother's death, unearthing the surprising identity of her killer.
- Uniform Title
- House of Vandekar. Hebrew.
- Alternative Title
- House of Vandekar.
- Sipurah shel Alis
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fiction
- Domestic fiction.
- Note
- Translation of: The House of Vandekar.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- OCLC
- 31688999
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library