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The Heart of the Country

by Fay Weldon · 1986

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At 6.30pm one Thursday, Natalie Harris's world fell apart when she discovered her husband, Harry Harris, had eloped with Miss Eddon Gurney 1978. Natalie is utterly abandoned in the heart of the country, but then she meets Sonia and her life is changed forever.

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From the bestselling author of The Lives and Loves of a She-Devil and The Cloning of Joanna May.

Genre
literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
feminismfeminismMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 199 pages

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