Everything Will Be All Right
Author: Tessa Hadley
Joyce Stevenson is thirteen when her widowed mother takes them to live with Aunt Vera, a formidable teacher neglected by her unfaithful husband. Joyce watches the two sisters – her aunt’s unbending dedication to the life of the mind, her mother worn down by housework – and thinks that each of them is powerless in her own way.For Joyce, art school provides an escape route,….Read More
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