The Girls: A Story of Village Life

A wry, macape tale of simple country living, putal murder, and a reasonably happy couple, from our...
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The Girls: A Story of Village Life by Bowen, John

The Girls: A Story of Village Life

$19.00

The Girls: A Story of Village Life

$19.00
Author: John Bowen
Format: Paperback
Language: English

A wry, macape tale of simple country living, putal murder, and a reasonably happy couple, from our "most startlingly offbeat suspense novelist" (Gore Vidal).

In their lovely old Cotswolds village, Janet and Susan are known to all the other villagers as "the girls"--a fixture. Partners in love and work, co-proprietors of a picturesque shop specializing in the work of local artisans and farmers, they lead an enviable, enviably settled life.

So it's no catastrophe when Sue, the younger of the two, feels the need to take a month to travel on her own, leaving Jan alone to run their stall at the Inland Waterways Rally Craft Fair. Nor is it any real threat when a kindly gay man named Alan lends Jan a hand in Sue's absence, or when the two wind up sharing some wine and even a bunk for the night.

If Jan turns out to be pregnant some weeks after Sue's return to the nest, what's that but cause for joy? And when Alan happens to come visiting, by and by, finding the delighted girls raising a beautiful baby boy, who can blame him for wanting to share in a small part of their bliss?

Yes, theirs is an enviable, enviably settled life. And the girls will defend it with every tool at their disposal.



Author: John Bowen
Publisher: McNally Editions
Published: 11/14/2023
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781946022707


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/11/2023

About the Author
John Bowen (1924-2019) was born in what was then Calcutta, India, before being sent to England at the age of four to be reared by an uncle and aunt. He worked in journalism and advertising while publishing his first novels, including the apocalyptic After the Rain, then began a successful career writing for the stage and for television, including the much-lauded folk-horror "Play for Today" Robin Redbreast (1970).

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