Set in a small New Zealand town in the 1940s, this novel provides a vivid evocation of adolescent love. The story concerns a teenage boy, living with his widowed mother, and the disturbing effect of the arrival in their home of a new ldger, a woman in her early thirties, assured, cynical and experienced.
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Set in a small New Zealand town in the 1940s, this novel provides a vivid evocation of adolescent love. The story concerns a teenage boy, living with his widowed mother, and the disturbing effect of the arrival in their home of a new ldger, a woman in her early thirties, assured, cynical and experienced.
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Add this copy of The Backward Sex to cart. $24.82, very good condition, Sold by Yare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Great Yarmouth, NORFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1960 by Andre Deutsch.
Add this copy of The Backward Sex (New Zealand Classics) to cart. $47.76, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Oxford University Press.
