The Ladies of the House
By (Author) Molly McGrann
Pan Macmillan
Picador
1st June 2016
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
813.6
Paperback
256
Width 130mm, Height 197mm, Spine 16mm
189g
"Witty and spirited" Radio Times "A darkly playful tale about beauty, ageing and morality" Country Life On a hot July day, three elderly people are found dead in a dilapidated house in Primrose Hill. Reading the story in the newspaper as she prepares to fly to Italy, Marie Gillies has an unshakable feeling that she is somehow to blame. How did these three people come to live together, and how did they all die at once The truth lies in a very different England, and in the secret world of the ladies of the house...
A darkly playful tale about beauty, ageing and morality, brought to life by a writing style brimming with witty detail * Country Life *
Captivating yet disturbing, witty yet desperately sad * Stylist *
Witty and spirited * Radio Times *
Engaging * Sunday Times *
Prepare yourself for some blushes * Heat *
Molly McGrann is a literary critic, poet and novelist. A former editor at The Paris Review, she is the author of two acclaimed novels, 360 Flip and Exurbia. Originally from the USA, she now lives in Oxfordshire with her family