Afternoon of a Good Woman
  • Published:
    1976
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    Gothic
  • Time Period:
    Contemporary
  • Pages:
    192
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'One of the wisest and most versatile of our novelists' CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH, GUARDIAN

'So intelligent and clear-eyed that every page seems to peel another layer of pretence' ISABEL QUIGLEY, FINANCIAL TIMES


'Nina Bawden's novels are self-perpetuating pleasures' KIRKUS REVIEWS

'Today, Tuesday, the day that Penelope has chosen to leave her husband, is the first really warm day of spring . . . '

Penelope has always done her best to be a good wife, a good mistress, a good mother - and a good magistrate. Today she is more conscious that usual of the thinness of the thread that distinguishes good from bad, the law-abiding from the criminal. Sitting in court, hearing a short, sad case of indecent exposure and a long, confused theft, she finds herself examining her own sex life - what would that sound like in court? - and her own actions and intentions. How would the court judge what she's about to do this afternoon . . . ?
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EDITIONS
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    •  
    • Jan-1999
    • Virago Press (UK)
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1860495265
    • ISBN13: 9781860495267
    •  
    • Mar-1977
    • HarperCollins
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0060102373
    • ISBN13: 9780060102371
    •  
    • May-2011
    • Hachette Digital
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • May-2011
    • Little, Brown
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0748127399
    • ISBN13: 9780748127399
    •  
    • Jan-1995
    • Brown & Benchmark
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0753155877
    • ISBN13: 9780753155875
    • Large Print
    •  
    • Feb-2000
    • ISIS Large Print Books
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0753158787
    • ISBN13: 9780753158784
    • Large Print



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