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LONG AWAITED RE-ISSUE OF MAVIS CHEEK'S DEBUT NOVEL WITH A NEW FOREWORD AND NEW COVER Joan's answer to life after divorce is happy seclusion. She rejects the outside world and embarks on a contented existence of isolated self-indulgence. But when she meets the roguish, desirable actor Finbar Flynn, the walls of her citadel begin to crack. 'There has always been a touch of the Alan Bennett about Mavis Cheek. Both writers share an uncanny talent for capturing the cadences of the way we speak, and for re-creating them on the page so delicately and with such charm that it takes your breath away.' Daily Mail Winner of the John Menzies First Novel Prize