Publication

1986 - Penguin Books-Virago Press, New York, N.Y., U.S.A, United States

Language

English

Word Count

59,500 words, Guess

Page Count

238 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC823/.912
  • LCCPR6025.I6224
  • LCCPR6025.I6224 O5 1986
and 1 more
  • LCCPR6025.I6224O5 1986

Description

During World War II, Honor Carmichael and her two young children are uprooted to Linfield, to join Honor's husband Colin, a small-town doctor stationed at the military hospital. She is visited by her sister Claudia, whose fiance, Andrew, waits to be invalided out of the Army. This novel explores the psychological effects of war.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Virago modern classics

Other Editions

  • On the side of the angelsPenguin Books-Virago Press1986-01-01

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