A Perfect Explanation

By: Eleanor Anstruther

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Synopsis: Finalist for the Desmond Elliott PrizeA &“superb debut&”* novel—based on the story of the author&’s grandmother—following an aristocratic woman who abandons her family and her money in search of a life she can claim as her own. (*The Guardian) Enid Campbell, granddaughter of a duke, grew up surrounded by servants, wanting for nothing except love. But when her brother died in the First World War, a new heir was needed, and it was up to Enid to provide it. A troubled marriage and three children soon followed. Broken by postpartum depression, overwhelmed by motherhood and a loveless marriage, Enid made the shocking decision to abandon her family, thereby starting a chain of events—a kidnap, a court case, and selling her son to her sister for £500—that reverberated through the generations. Interweaving one significant day in 1964, when it seems the family will reunite for one last time, with a decade during the interwar period, A Perfect Explanation explores the perils of aristocratic privilege, where inheritance is everything and happiness is hard won.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 320 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780358123040
Related ISBNs:: 9780358120858
Publisher:: HMH Books for Young Readers
Date of Addition:: 01/21/21
Copyrighted By:: Eleanor Anstruther
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Military, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.