Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, and a finalist for the National Book Award: Alison Lurie's supremely entertaining masterwork about two American scholars, both alone in London, who find romance in the most unlikely placesPrim, divorced, and middle-
Foreign Affairs
β Scribed by Alison Lurie
- Book ID
- 100170695
- Publisher
- Random House;Open Road Integrated Media
- Year
- 1994;2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 205 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1480422495
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β¦ Synopsis
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, and a finalist for the National Book Award: Alison Lurie & rsquo;s supremely entertaining masterwork about two American scholars, both alone in London, who find romance in the most unlikely places Prim, divorced, and middle-aged, Vinnie Miner gave up on love long ago. On her way to London to research a book about children & rsquo;s folk rhymes & mdash;a scholarly pursuit that even her fellow academics sneer at & mdash;she finds herself sitting next to the man who will change the course of her life. Brash and na & iuml;ve, he is a sanitary engineer from Oklahoma on a package vacation. Also in London is Vinnie & rsquo;s colleague, the young, handsome English professor Fred Turner. His marriage and self-esteem are both on the rocks, but he is about to find consolation in the arms of the most beautiful actress in England. Stylish and highborn, she introduces Fred to a glamorous, yet eccentric, London scene that henever expected & mdash;or prepared & mdash;to encounter. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alison Lurie including rare images from the author & rsquo;s personal collection.
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