β Scribed by Graham Greene
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
The illicit affair of a devout woman in London ignites a shattering family crisis in the author's "ruthlessly honest" first play (The Guardian).
In a dour Holland Park house with rooms and secrets long shuttered live three unyielding forces for morality: rigidly religious sisters Helen and Teresa, and their brother, a Roman Catholic priest. Into the lives of this insular trio comes their young grandniece, Rose Pemberton, following the death of her mother. To the mortification of her aunts, Rose has also brought her lover, Michael Dennis, who is twenty-five years Rose's senior, married, and a psychology lecturer dictated by reason, not faith. In a home that reeks of sanctimony, Rose and Michael are as welcome as sin. But it's the arrival of Michael's distraught wifeβarmed with righteous emotional blackmail and worseβthat ignites an unexpected fury and makes real the family's greatest fears.
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