She's used to being invisible in her job at the Regency Grand Hotel, plumping pillows and wiping away the grime, dust and secrets of the guests passing through.
Your dirty laundry.īut what do you know about me? Molly the maid is all alone in the world. THE NO.1 NEW YORK TIMES & SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER In Elizabeth Finch, we are treated to everything we cherish in Barnes: his eye for the unorthodox forms love can take between two people, a compelling swerve into nonfictional material (this time, through Neil's obsessive study of Julian the Apostate, following on notes Elizabeth left for him to discover after her death), and the forcefully moving undercurrent of history, and biography in particular, as nourishment and guide in our current lives.The Maid, Rita Prose ( paperback from end April 2023 ) £8.99 While other personal relationships and even his family drift from Neil's grasp, Elizabeth's application of her material to the matter of daily living remains important to him, even after her death, in a way that nothing else does. Neil, the narrator, takes her class "Culture and Civilisation," taught not for undergraduates but for adults of all ages we are drawn into his intellectual crush on this private, withholding, yet commanding woman. "I'll remember Elizabeth Finch when most other characters I've met this year have faded." -John Self, The Times This beautiful, spare novel of platonic unrequited love springs into being around the singular character of the stoic, exacting Professor Elizabeth Finch. Read full overviewįrom the best-selling, award-winning author of The Sense of an Ending, a magnetic tale that centers on the presence of a vivid and particular woman, whose loss becomes the occasion for a man's deeper examination of love, friendship, and biography.
From the best-selling, award-winning author of The Sense of an Ending, a magnetic tale that centers on the presence of a vivid and particular woman, whose loss becomes the occasion for a man's deeper examination of love, friendship, and biography.
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