Irreverently funny and surprisingly moving, _All Passion Spent_ is the story of a woman who discovers who she is just before it is too late. After the death of elder statesman Lord Slane--a former prime minister of Great Britain and viceroy of India--everyone assumes that his eighty-eight-year-old
All Passion Spent UK
β Scribed by Vita Sackville-West
- Publisher
- Random House
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 238 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1784870552
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β¦ Synopsis
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOANNA LUMLEY
When the great statesman Lord Slane dies, everyone assumes his dutiful wife will slowly fade away, the paying guest of each of her six children. But Lady Slane surprises everyone by escaping to a rented house in Hampstead where she revels in her new freedom, revives youthful ambitions and gathers some very unsuitable companions. Irreverent, entertaining and insightful, this is a tale of the unexpected joys of growing older.
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