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The Seduction of Mrs. Pendlebury (Paperback)

by Margaret Forster (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (28 Sep 1978)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140043632
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140043631
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 99,145 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Stanley and Rose live in Rawlinson Road, Islington, surrounded by younger, smarter families like the Orams. Encroached on by age and affluence, the only answer to their problems, in spite of everything, lies in their fierce and prickly devotion to each other.


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'Beautifully written and a joy to read' Evening Standard --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Compelling read, 9 Feb 2001
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An insight into the life of the insular Rose Pendlebury - who exists, trapped in the past by her insecurities, with her retired husband Stanley. She is a curtain twitcher and reluctantly becomes involved with her new next door neighbours. Mrs Pen is a fabulous character, almost a caricature, but then you pinch yourself and empathise that there probably are elderly folk just like her in every respect. Stanley provides the foil to Mrs Pens ups and downs. The novel deals with the changing relationship between Mrs Pen and her neighbours, Alice & Tony, the barriers that are broken, then re-erected between the families.

Does this sound like an interesting book? No, I didn't think so either but I was very pleasantly surprised and would recommend it highly.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A joy!, 15 Sep 2005
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This review is from: The Seduction of Mrs.Pendlebury (Paperback)
I adore this book. It is one of very few books I have bothered to read twice. It is funny, sweet, adorable and poignant.

Rose's phobias shape the lives of herself and her endlessly patient husband, Stanley. But they both have their own ways of dealing with them...

This may sound dull, but Ms Forster has a wonderfully dry and wry wit which makes made this book a total joy and surprise.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Forster Reigns Supreme, 29 April 2008
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This review is from: The Seduction of Mrs.Pendlebury (Paperback)
Rose Pendlebury, a hypersensitive seventy year old woman, who makes snap judgments about people. Usually not favourable ones. She's very critical of all her newer younger neighbours in Rawlinson Road. Rose is tied to a code of ultra-polite behaviour, which ensures she has no friends. Her husband Stanley, is always going to do things tomorrow, consequently nothing ever gets done. Stanley is gregarious, lazy in the home and health obsessed, (mostly by piles and bowels). Alice Oram moves into the house next to the Pendlebury's. She has a child Amy, who takes to Rose, who gradually through her contact with Amy and Alice, becomes more outgoing. Alice thinks she understands Rose. However, Rose is a deeply insecure woman, with occasional violent mood swings.

Although Rose can be irascible and difficult, her problem lies in her past. Stanley for all he is dilatory, mostly knows how to pacify Rose. Over time her friendship with Alice is tested. Alice begins to weary of Rose and her complexities. There is humour in this story, Rose and Stanley's relationship is one of many compromises. It's the extent of their more ridiculous compromises, which bring hilarity. Is Rose a character one could feel sympathy for? Indeed, she is. If I tell you why, I would be giving away the core plot. When Rose and Alice are both disillusioned, ultimately it's Stanley who comes up trumps. For relationship novels with depth, Margaret Forster is one who reigns supreme.
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