The Rules of Engagement Contributor(s): Brookner, Anita (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400075300 ISBN-13: 9781400075300 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $18.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2005 Annotation: Elizabeth and Betsy had been school friends in 1950s London. Elizabeth, prudent and introspective, values social propriety. Betsy, raised by a spinster aunt, is open, trusting, and desperate for affection. After growing up and going their separate ways, the two women reconnect later in life. Elizabeth has married kind but tedious Digby, while Betsy is still searching for love and belonging. In this deeply perceptive story, Anita Brookner brilliantly charts the resilience of a friendship tested by alienation and by jealousy over a man who seems to offer the promise of escape. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.22" W x 8.06" (0.48 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Friendship |