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The Sugar House (Virago Modern Classics) (Paperback)

by Antonia White (Author)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Virago Press Ltd; New edition edition (3 Aug 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1844083799
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844083794
  • Product Dimensions: 19 x 12.4 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 72,262 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Absorbing, fascinating ... written with extraordinary brilliance' Elizabeth Bowen 'Antonia White evinces Clara's breakdown, particularly the isolation and emptiness she experiences, with extraordinary economy and insight' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY


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The year is 1920. Clara Batchelor, the heroine of The Lost Traveller, is now an actress with a touring repertory company and is passionately in love with the wholly unsuitable Stephen Tye. When Stephen betrays her, Clara betrays herself by agreeing to marry Archie, the fiance‚ she discarded four years before. A friendship but not a love match, the marriage is a desperate attempt by Clara to rekindle the safety of childhood. But neither of them are children any more and their dream sugar house begins to dissolve. The Sugar House is the second in the trilogy sequel to Frost in May, which began with The Lost Traveller and continues in Beyond the Glass. Although each is a complete novel in itself, together they form a brilliant portrait of a young girl's journey to adulthood.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully written, evocative and sensitive, 26 Nov 2006
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This is the 3rd book in White's Frost in May Quartet (Frost in May, The Lost Traveller, Beyond the Glass), and is perhaps the most painful and claustrophobic to read. Clara, now a travelling actress, falls painfully in love and after her inevitable betrayal, retreats to the safety of marriage with Archie. She likes him but feels nothing more, and the burden of his adoration push her closer to the edge. The sheer stifling claustrophobia of her life is so palpable in this novel that I kept wanting to go outside! And you just know that something dreadful is going to happen in the next book...
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