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Asher, Jane

 
9780006510451: The Question
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ISBN 10: 0006510450 ISBN 13: 9780006510451
Editorial: HarperCollins, 1999

Sinopsis

Following the great success of Jane Asher’s debut novel The Longing, her second psychological thriller is a compassionate, compelling and beautifully written study of the terrible effect of jealousy on a woman’s life.

John and Eleanor Hamilton are middle-aged, wealthy, and settled in their comfortable life in Hampshire and London. John didn’t want children, so instead Eleanor used her energies to help run the company and get involved in the local community. So imagine her horror when, one day, she discovers that her husband has led a secret life for twenty years, in the shape of a mistress and a nineteen-year-old daughter – the daughter that she herself never had.

The jealousy that Eleanor feels is all-consuming, driving her to limits she would never have thought possible. Then John, badly injured in a car crash, becomes a victim of PVS – Persistent Vegetative State. Although he is capable of communicating by the tiniest of signals, he has no quality of life.

And so arises the ultimate question – and the ultimate opportunity for revenge. Should he live, or should he die? John’s fate hangs in the balance as the three women he deceived and betrayed decide upon the answer.

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Acerca del autor

Celebrated British actress of stage and small screen, Jane Asher is also widely known for her decorated cakes business (she is also consultant for Sainsbury’s cakes) and her extensive involvement in charity work and journalism. She is a well loved and well respected household name.

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It all starts with a chance remark on the telephone, just a casual conversation on a normal working day. But it leads Eleanor Hamilton to an appalling and deeply disturbing discovery: John, her husband of twenty years, has been leading a double life – a life of unbelievable duplicity and betrayal.

Jealousy, anger and confusion follow, all-consuming and shocking, driving Eleanor to extraordinary limits in her desire for revenge. Then fate intervenes in the shape of a terrible accident…

But out of the tragedy grows an unexpected love affair, and at the same time John finds the tables turned against him as he awaits deliverance and Eleanor bides her time. The question is, whose prayers will be answered – and how?

"The white-hot fury of a woman scorned ignites the pages of Jane Asher's clever and disturbing novel."
'Daily Mail'

"A perceptive and sometimes truly shocking novel."
'Sunday Express'

"Asher has a gift for suspense."
'The Sunday Times'

"An acid tale of betrayal and revenge, culminating in a truly chilling and unforeseen final twist."
'Good Housekeeping'

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Editorial
HarperCollins
Año de publicación
1999
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0006510450
ISBN 13 
9780006510451
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
320
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
HarperCollins Publishers Ireland
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