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Ben is, at last, leaving home. At twenty-two, he's the youngest of the family. His mother Edie, an actress, is distraught. His father Russell, a theatrical agent, is rather hoping to get his wife back, after decades of family life. His brother, Matthew, is wrestling with a relationship in which he achieves and earns less than his girlfriend. His sister Rosa is wrestling with debt, and the end of a turbulent love affair. Meet the Boyd family and the empty nest, twenty-first-century style.

Produktbeschreibung
Ben is, at last, leaving home. At twenty-two, he's the youngest of the family. His mother Edie, an actress, is distraught. His father Russell, a theatrical agent, is rather hoping to get his wife back, after decades of family life. His brother, Matthew, is wrestling with a relationship in which he achieves and earns less than his girlfriend. His sister Rosa is wrestling with debt, and the end of a turbulent love affair. Meet the Boyd family and the empty nest, twenty-first-century style.
Autorenporträt
Trollope, Joanna
Joanna Trollope is the author of many highly-acclaimed novels, including The Choir, The Best of Friends, Next of Kin, Marrying the Mistress, Girl from the South and Friday Nights. Her novel Other People's Children was made into a major drama serial for the BBC. She is the author of Britannia's Daughters, a study of women in the British Empire, and has also written several romantic historical novels under the name of Caroline Harvey. Joanna was appointed OBE in the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to literature. She lives in London.
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'As subtle as Austen, as sharp as Bronte. Trollope's brilliant!' Fay Weldon, MAIL ON SUNDAY