Inheritance / Evelyn Toynton.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Other Press, [2019]Description: 254 pages ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781590519219
- 1590519213
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | Fiction | Toynton, Evelyn | Available | 33111009727161 |
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After the sudden death of her husband, Annie Devereaux flees to England, where a chance encounter leads her move in with Julian, the disaffected, moody son of a famous British geneticist. Their relationship progresses, but the more she uncovers about Julian's past, the more he explodes into rage and violence. Finally tearing herself away, Annie winds up adrift in London, rescued from her loneliness only when she and Julian's sister Isabel form an unexpected bond. The family who once embodied Annie's idealised conception of England is actually caught in a nightmare of betrayal and guilt that spirals inexorably into tragedy.
After the sudden death of her husband, Annie Devereaux flees to England, site of the nostalgic fantasies her father spun for her before he deserted the family. A chance encounter in London leads Annie to cancel her return to New York and move in with Julian, the disaffected, moody son of Helena Denby, a famous British geneticist. As their relationship progresses, Annie meets Julian's sisters Isabel and Sasha, each of them fragile in her own way, and becomes infatuated with visions of their idyllic childhood in England's West Country. But the more she uncovers about Julian's past, the more he explodes into rage and violence. Finally tearing herself away, Annie winds up adrift in London, rescued from her loneliness only when she and Isabel form an unexpected bond. Slowly, with Isabel as her reluctant guide, Annie learns of the emotional devastation that Helena's warped arrogance, her monstrous will to dominate, inflicted on her children. The family who once embodied Annie's idealized conception of England is actually caught in a nightmare of betrayal and guilt that spirals inexorably into tragedy.