The Dreaming Suburb
On sale
24th November 2011
Price: £9.99
Jim Carver: a tough, resolute war veteran, he returns from the trenches to build a better life for his family to find his wife dead. Archie Carver: Jim’s eldest son, smart, ruthless, he has a quick eye for financial profits and beautiful women. Elaine Frith: beautiful and ambitious, she uses her charms to snare any man she thinks will bring her wealth. The First World War ends and the soldiers return to the peaceful Avenue. On the surface their homes look just the same, but behind the carefully tended front gardens everything has changed, and their families’ lives in the next twenty years will be as turbulent as any they have known.
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Reviews
R.F. Delderfield is a born storyteller
His narratives belong in a tradition that goes back to John Galsworthy