A Passionate Man

An unputdownable novel about fathers and sons, sex and love, loyalties and identities and fear of failure ...'An elegant, witty and deeply perceptive book' Woman's Journal'Bubbly, amusing, touching, and ultimately poignant' Sunday Express'Demonstrates again how good Joanna Trollope is at describing village life and how sure is her touch' Evening Standard__ONE ENCOUNTER AND LIFE IS NEVER THE SAME AGAIN...The Logans were an enchanting and admirable couple. Archie had snatched Liza from her own engagement party to someone else, wooed her, swept her off to his father in Scotland, and finally married her.Now bedded firmly into country life - three children, Archie the village doctor, Liza a teacher, everything comfortable, funny, affectionate - they awaited the arrival of Archie's father, the brilliant Sir Andrew Logan, a widower for over thirty years.When his city-clean Rover stopped in the drive, Sir Andrew was not alone. Beside him was a golden lady in caramel suede, a warm, witty, desirable widow whom everyone - except Archie - adored at once.Archie saw his father's mistress as the worm in the bud of his perfect life - a life that was to be wrenched apart before he and Liza could re-create their world.___Readers love A Passionate Man-'Captivating''Brilliant''Her writing is, for me, perfection''One of her best I think''I didn't want it to finish!'

“Demonstrates again how good Joanna Trollope is at describing village life and how sure is her touch”

Evening Standard
An elegant, witty and deeply perceptive book Woman's Journal
Bubbly, amusing, touching, and ultimately poignant Sunday Express

Joanna Trollope is the author of eagerly awaited and sparklingly readable novels often centred around the domestic nuaunces and dilemmas of life in present-day England. She has also written a number of historical novels and Britannia's Daughters, a study of women in the British Empire.Joanna Trollope was born in Gloucestershire and now lives in London. She was appointed OBE in the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to literature.

'Demonstrates again how good Joanna Trollope is at describing village life and how sure is her touch' Evening Standard The Logans are an enchanting and admirable couple who have lived a charmed life ever since Archie snatched Liza from her engagement party to someone else.Now, bedded firmly into country life with everything comfortable, funny, affectionate, they await the arrival of Archie's father, the brilliant Sir Andrew Logan, a widower for over thirty years. But when Sir Andrew arrives, he is not alone.Beside him is a golden lady in caramel suede, a warm, witty, desirable widow whom everyone - except Archie - adores at once.Archie sees his father's mistress as the worm in the bud of his perfect life - a life that is to be wrenched apart before he and Liza can recreate their world. 'An elegant, witty and deeply perceptive book' Woman's Journal

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