A woman of means / Peter Taylor
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TextPublication details: New York : Picador USA, c1996Description: 140 pages ; 21 cmISBN: 0312144482Subject(s): DOMESTIC FICTION | FATHERS AND SONS | MARRIED PEOPLE | STEPMOTHERSLOC classification: .T39 1996Summary: Gerald Dudley is an executive at a hardware company in St. Louis, living the quintessential bachelor life with his young son, Quint. He is also a man who aspires beyond his means and class. When Gerald meets the wealthy divorcée Ann Lauterbach and the two marry, life changes irrevocably for Quint. He enters a social world of private schools and debutante balls known to him only through his father's longings. As Quint's attachment to his stepmother and her "means" grows, her marriage to his father begins to crumble in small, subtle ways, which ultimately leads to larger, more devastating consequences.
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LRC - Annex | National University - Manila | Fiction | Fiction | FIC .T39 1996 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | c.1 | Available | NULIB000016206 |
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Gerald Dudley is an executive at a hardware company in St. Louis, living the quintessential bachelor life with his young son, Quint. He is also a man who aspires beyond his means and class. When Gerald meets the wealthy divorcée Ann Lauterbach and the two marry, life changes irrevocably for Quint. He enters a social world of private schools and debutante balls known to him only through his father's longings. As Quint's attachment to his stepmother and her "means" grows, her marriage to his father begins to crumble in small, subtle ways, which ultimately leads to larger, more devastating consequences.
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