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008			170328s20162016nyu 000 1 eng d
020			_a9781101971727
050	0	0	_aPR6069.W47 _bM68 2016
082	1		_aFIC SWI _2
100	1		_aSwift, Graham _d(, 1949-)
245	1	0	_aMothering Sunday : _ba romance _c/ Graham Swift
250			_aFirst Vintage International edition
260			_aNew York _b: Vintage International _c, 2016
300			_a177 p. _c; 21 cm
520			_aA work of fiction that begins with an afternoon tryst in 1924 between a servant girl and the young man of the neighboring house, but then opens to reveal the whole life of a remarkable woman. Twenty-two-year-old Jane Fairchild, orphaned at birth, has worked as a maid at one English country estate since she was sixteen. And for almost all of those years she has been the secret lover to Paul Sheringham, the scion of the estate next door. On an unseasonably warm March afternoon, Jane and Paul will make love for the last time - though not, as Jane believes, because Paul is about to be married - and the events of the day will alter Jane's life forever. As the narrative moves back and forth from 1924 to the end of the century, what we know and understand about Jane - about the way she loves, thinks, feels, sees, remembers - deepens with every beautifully wrought moment. Her story is one of profound self-discovery and through her, Graham Swift has created an emotionally soaring and deeply affecting work of fiction.
546			_aEnglish.
650		4	_aMan-woman relationships _v--Fiction
655		7	_aLove stories
942			_cMO
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