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Language English Pages 231 p. OCLC 20273811 Country United States of America | 3.6/5 Goodreads Media type Print (Hardback) ISBN 0-06-039102-2 Originally published August 1989 Adaptations A Village Affair (1995) Genres Fiction, Novel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publication date June 1989 (UK)
August 1989 (US) Publishers Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), Harper (US) Similar Joanna Trollope books, Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Village Affair (published in 1989) is a novel by prolific English romance author Joanna Trollope. The story concerns a housewife and mother who embarks on an affair with a female acquaintance. It was televised by ITV starring Sophie Ward, Kerry Fox and Nathaniel Parker (as well as a small role by young Keira Knightley).
Plot
"The Grey House is the final piece in the jigsaw of Alice Jordan's perfect life. It seems to be the ultimate achievement of her outwardly happy marriage - a loyal, if dull husband, three children, two cars and now the house. So why does she feel as if something is missing?
As Alice and her family settle themselves into village life the something missing becomes something huge and then breaks, scandalizing the village, opening up old wounds. But because of it, Alice begins to feel that there is hope and humour and understanding and compassion in the new life she must build for herself."
— Joanna Trollope