A Village Affair

by Joanna Trollope

Paperback, 1994

Status

Available

Call number

PR6070.R57 V55

Genres

Collections

Your library, University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Publication

Black Swan (1994), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 272 pages

Description

A lesbian affair scandalizes the inhabitants of a contemporary rural English village. It tells not only of the complications of a lesbian attachment, but also of the peculiarity of convention and the modern attitudes of a rural community.

User reviews

LibraryThing member mahallett

actually okay and quite interesting but too slow, too much detail. the writing about the kids is pretty good.

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LibraryThing member moonshineandrosefire

Alice Jordan is a young wife and mother who ostensibly has everything she has ever wanted in her life: a beautiful house in the quiet little English village of Pitcombe, a dull but well-meaning barrister husband and three adorable young children. Instead of being overjoyed, however, Alice - once an

extremely talented artist - is depressed and, since the birth of her children, unable to paint. When she meets Clodagh Unwin - the imperiously wayward daughter of local nobility - Alice's life changes immeasurably.

Clodagh has recently returned from America, supposedly nursing her wounds from a broken love affair. The firm and fast friendship that forms between both women soon turns into something more when Clodagh falls in love with Alice and seduces her. Their burgeoning love affair releases Alice from her depression: she becomes more loving towards her husband and children, is more outgoing toward members of the community, and has found her artistic 'joie de vivre' once again.

However, once the women's clandestine affair is discovered, the villagers become standoffish towards them, Alice's husband is shaken to his core, and Alice will have to make the biggest decision of her life.

This is the third of Joanna Trollope's books that I've read, and I have to say that A Village Affair was one book that I didn't want to end. I really haven't read any of Joanna Trollope's books in quite a while, but have just recently got back into reading her work again. I give this book an A+! and am looking forward to reading more of her books very soon.

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LibraryThing member wareagle78

Alice is listless and depressed after the birth of her third child, but the purchase of a wonderful new home in a much-desired village promise a new outlook. And the promise delivers, but never in the way anyone expected. I found the characterization lovely and well done in some cases - Alice,

Martin and Cecily in particular. I never seemed to get a clear understanding of Clodagh, but perhaps that's intentional by Trollope, or perhaps it's a personal barrier. I loved the deft descriptions of the English village life.

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LibraryThing member SueinCyprus

Alice has everything she could possibly want in life: a steady husband, three delightful children, loving in-laws, and now a new and gorgeous house ... and yet something is missing.

This is the story of how she 'wakes up' and finds, most unexpectedly, what she needed. Yet she finds that what she

wants most leads to great difficulties and stresses.

A controversial subject, movingly explored. Recommended.

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