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The story centers on Edwin Page, a meticulous professor whose life takes an unexpected turn when he invites his new neighbors, Mrs. Botts and her alluring daughter Leila, into his home. Following his wife Cecilia's departure for a fellowship, Edwin becomes infatuated with Leila, imagining her as an ideal surrogate for Cecilia's unfulfilled motherhood. This darkly comedic narrative explores themes of obsession and the complexities of marriage, offering a subversive take on traditional relationships.
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The Sugar Mother, Elizabeth Jolley
- Jazyk
- Rok vydání
- 2010
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- Titul
- The Sugar Mother
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- Elizabeth Jolley
- Vydavatel
- W.W. Norton for Persea Books
- Rok vydání
- 2010
- Vazba
- pevná
- Počet stran
- 224
- ISBN13
- 9780892554041
- Kategorie
- Beletrie
- Anotace
- The story centers on Edwin Page, a meticulous professor whose life takes an unexpected turn when he invites his new neighbors, Mrs. Botts and her alluring daughter Leila, into his home. Following his wife Cecilia's departure for a fellowship, Edwin becomes infatuated with Leila, imagining her as an ideal surrogate for Cecilia's unfulfilled motherhood. This darkly comedic narrative explores themes of obsession and the complexities of marriage, offering a subversive take on traditional relationships.