About this title: 'I do know how to behave - believe me, because I know. I have always known...' Behind the gates of Temple Alice the aristocratic Anglo-Irish St Charles family sinks into a state of decaying grace. To Aroon St Charles, large and unlovely daughter of the house, the fierce forces of sex, money, jealousy and love seem locked out by the ritual ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Like New. Book in almost Brand New condition. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Abacus, N. Y.
Date Published: 1983
Description: Cover Art. Good. No Jacket. Trade Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. The cover has light shelf wear. Light yellowing to the pages..........We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by...... read more
Description: Very Good- As issued No Jacket. Spine lean, corner bump, corner crease to the rear cover, owner's inscription on the ffep, scratches to the front, pages age toning, and other light shopwear. Text is clean. read more
Description: VG+ Used, Like New in VG+ jacket. SOFT COVER, VG+/VG+, Plume, 1983, 1 in. H x 7 in. L x 5 in. W, 8.4 oz. This copy has very minimal signs of use, appears to have been very lightly read, is in Excellent Condition Overall. Note: expect tanning of any paperback more than a few years old, regardless of condition. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
"Irish country life between the Wars ... evocative and darkly humorous, with one of the most wonderful main characters who's the ugly daughter of a beautiful mother and who falls in love with a totally inappropriate man, only to win over them all at the very end, and rightly so. What a character study."
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