Daphne and Rex live lives of well-to-do elegance while Rex's brother Stanley scrimps for tobacco and Camp coffee. Rex's daughter has also become a victim; her cruel husband has turned her into an eccentric skivvy. If life is a bowl of cherries, there are always those left with the bruised remnants.
"Mackay's writing - adroit, intelligent, and evocative - is a joy."
-New York Times
"Inventive, insightful, and vigorously entertaining."
-Publishers Weekly
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Summary
Daphne and Rex live lives of well-to-do elegance while Rex's brother Stanley scrimps for tobacco and Camp coffee. Rex's daughter has also become a victim; her cruel husband has turned her into an eccentric skivvy. If life is a bowl of cherries, there are always those left with the bruised remnants.
"Mackay's writing - adroit, intelligent, and evocative - is a joy."
-New York Times
"Inventive, insightful, and vigorously entertaining."
-Publishers Weekly
Description
'...inside a warped British family in which the daughter, Daisy, is trapped in an unhappy marriage and the father, Rex, is about to be visited by his illegitimate teenage son. The result is a lovely book, entertaining, insightful and deeply satisfying.'
About the Author
Shena Mackay was born in Edinburgh in 1944 and grew up in Kent and London, where she now lives. She left school at the age of 16 after winning a poetry competition in the "Daily Mirror" Her first book, published in 1964 but written when she was still a teenager, consists of two novellas, Dust Falls on Eugene Schlumburger" "and Toddler on the Run. Her first novel, Music Upstairs was published in 1965 and was followed by Old Crow (1967), An Advent Calendar (1971), Babies in Rhinestones (1983), A Bowl of Cherries (1984), Redhill Rococo (1986) -- winner of the Fawcett Prize -- Dreams of Dead Women
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