The Sugar Mother
Elizabeth Jolley. HarperCollins Publishers, $7.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-06-091588-9
Edwin is a middle-aged literature professor whose wife, Cecilia, on a European sabbatical, leaves him in the care of their circle of friends, a group of gently swinging couples. ``The sheer fun of Jolley's writing and her lighthearted yet serious lesson that not even the old are predictable make this a pleasure to read,'' praised PW . (June)
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Reviewed on: 06/01/1989
Genre: Fiction
Hardcover - 224 pages - 978-0-89255-404-1
Hardcover - 210 pages - 978-0-06-015940-5
Hardcover - 978-0-517-05344-7
Open Ebook - 978-0-89255-384-6
Paperback - 224 pages - 978-0-89255-362-4