Don't Look at Me Like That

England, in the mid-1950s. Meg Bailey has always aspired to live a respectable life. With her best friend, Roxane, she moves from secondary school to an art college in Oxford. Under the watchful eye of Roxane's mother, Mrs. Wheeler, the two girls flourish in Oxford society. But Meg constantly longs for more. Not content to stay in Oxford, she finds a job in London. Roxane stays behind and marries Dick, a man of Mrs. Wheeler’s choosing.

As Meg’s independence grows, Dick suddenly appears in London for work. Meg and Dick’s friendship flourishes, blurring the lines of loyalty between what is and what was in a way that changes life for these three friends forever.

As sharp and startling now as when it was written, *Don’t Look at Me Like That* is an unflinching and candid book of love and betrayal that encapsulates Diana Athill’s gift of storytelling at its finest.