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A Village Affair
A Village Affair
Author: Joanna Trollope
Alice Jordan looks forward to moving into The Grey House, an 18th-century residence in a village full of friendly eccentrics. But the change of scenery leads to even greater changes, as she forms a sudden, fierce friendship with an independent young woman named Clodagh -- a friendship that will take her husband, the villagers, and Alice herself ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780425171097
ISBN-10: 0425171094
Publication Date: 10/1/1999
Pages: 304
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Marcia avatar reviewed A Village Affair on + 378 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
A elegantly crafted dissection of English rural lilfe among the well-heeled and privileged. Alice has a perfect life, and now they have bought th4e Grey house, where She is sure is the ideal place to raise her children. As she settles herself into local life. Sllice finally finds what she has been searching for-a discovery that scandalizes the village and opens up old wounds.
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Helpful Score: 2
I love all of Joanna Trollope's books. Her characters are interesting and well developed. This one is full of surprises...
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emeraldfire avatar reviewed A Village Affair on
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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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.


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