Jane Gray, a poet whose husband leaves her shortly before the birth of their second child, considers herself a disaster area. That is, until the husband of her alter ego, cousin Lucy, climbs into her bed. Falling passionately in love for the first time, Jane finds her life transformed - but when a tragic accident exposes the affair to the world, she has to face the consequences ... The Waterfall is a powerful novel about desire and obsession, the violent conflicts of maternal and sexual love, and the extent to which we ...
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Jane Gray, a poet whose husband leaves her shortly before the birth of their second child, considers herself a disaster area. That is, until the husband of her alter ego, cousin Lucy, climbs into her bed. Falling passionately in love for the first time, Jane finds her life transformed - but when a tragic accident exposes the affair to the world, she has to face the consequences ... The Waterfall is a powerful novel about desire and obsession, the violent conflicts of maternal and sexual love, and the extent to which we are free to challenge the cards dealt by the hand of fate. 'Brilliant . . . persistently cool and elegant' New York Times Book Review 'Margaret Drabble [is] a master of the quiet novel' Kirsty Gunn, Financial Times
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Add this copy of The Waterfall to cart. $35.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1969 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Foxing on the page edges, an ink notation on the front endpaper, else fine in near fine dustwrapper with some light tanning to the spine.
Add this copy of Waterfall to cart. $38.09, very good condition, Sold by jaycee.tictail, ships from london, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1969 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
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Very good condition. Brown boards, unclipped. Inscribed fly leaf, not the author ( photo ), bubble wrapped, mylar pro: 255 p. Audience: General/trade. Poet Jane Gray, whose husband has left her shortly before the birth of their second child, falls passionately in love with James, the husband of Lucy-Jane's cousin and her friend. Their adulterous affair remains secret un
Add this copy of The Waterfall to cart. $62.74, fair condition, Sold by Cambridge Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cambridge, Gloucestershire, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1969 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
Add this copy of The Waterfall: a Novel to cart. $64.50, like new condition, Sold by Chidoc5 Rare Books rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Highland Park, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1969 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
Add this copy of The Waterfall: a Novel to cart. $96.75, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1969 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
Add this copy of Waterfall to cart. $100.29, very good condition, Sold by A Good Read, ships from London, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1969 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
