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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 offamily 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 offamily 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
Joanna Trollope geb. 1943, arbeitete im englischen Außenministerium und als Lehrerin in Südengland, bevor sie in den Neunziger Jahren eine der Starautorinnen des Landes wurde, deren Romane regelmäßig verfilmt werden. Sie lebt in London und Gloucestershire.
Rezensionen
"As subtle as Austen, as sharp as Bronte. Trollope s brilliant!" (Fay Weldon, MAIL ON SUNDAY)