From Goodreads
Eighteen-year-old Ellie has come to London in search of adventure. Quintin, finds her a job in fashionable Chelsea. But Quintin, the seducer of one dove is also the husband of another. And Petta, his once beautiful wife, is fighting back age as fiercely as Ellie is plunging into it.
My thoughts
This is a coming of age story that is in some ways a little dated, but in others it shows how times don't really change as people still take advantage of one another. I gave this a 3 stars or 6/10. I was recommended this book by a friend in a book group that I am in.
This is a story very much of it's time. A young and naïve in many ways 18 year old Ellie leaves her home for greater things and moves to London. She meets Quintin, who finds her a job and seduces her taking advantage of the young Ellie.
This is a story that is more of an exploration of the relationships between characters and character development, than plot driven. Olivia Manning obviously knows what makes people tick and wove a story that engages with the reader.
This is the first story that I have read by her and I might look out some of her other work in due course.
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