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The echoing grove

Title: The echoing grove / Rosamond Lehmann.
Author: Lehmann, Rosamond, 1901-1990.
Publication: New York Harcourt, Brace and Co., c1953.

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Text	Use in library	PR6023.E42 E246 1953	Off-site

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Description

373 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

Two sisters fall for the same man in this New York Times-bestselling novel of WWII-era England by an "immensely readable" author (Elizabeth Jane Howard). Rickie Masters is married to Madeleine, who is sitting out the war in the country with their children. Their domestic serenity is shattered when Rickie falls in love with Madeleine's sister, Dinah, and they begin a clandestine, guilt-ridden affair. When Madeleine discovers their infidelity, accusations are hurled and hard choices are made. Then, a year before the war officially ends, tragedy strikes, and it is only after an estrangement of fifteen years that Madeleine and Dinah will begin to struggle toward some kind of reconciliation. Shifting between the three characters' viewpoints, and shuttling seamlessly between past and present, The Echoing Grove is a story of life: messy, unpredictable, and unstoppable. It is about family, the things that hold us accountable, the events that lead to life-altering decisions, and the emotions that make us human. And above all it is about love: romantic love, married love, familial love, and illicit love. The heart wants what it wants, regardless of the cost.

Subject

Genre/Form

novels.
Novels
Fiction
Fiction.
Novels.
Romans.

Contents

Afternoon -- Morning -- Nightfall -- Midnight -- The early hours.

LCCN

53005646

OCLC

ocm00287947
287947
SCSB-14608697

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library