A Desirable Husband
- Authors
- Vernon, Frances
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- ISBN
- 9780571321643
- Date
- 1988-10-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.32 MB
- Lang
- en
*A Desirable Husband*, first published in 1987, was the third novel by the prodigiously gifted Frances Vernon (1963-91).
Finola Molloy - first introduced to readers as the daughter of the bohemian Alice in Vernon's acclaimed debut*Privileged Children* (1982) - has grown up and married Gerard Parnell, barrister and heir to a Derbyshire estate. They are living happily in London with two small children when Gerard, quite unexpectedly, comes into his inheritance. And yet this gracious living - however fortunate it initially appears - will prove to be unexpectedly challenging to both partners in the marriage.
'Frances Vernon is an absolute wonder.' *Sunday Mirror*
'Subtle hints of Barbara Pym or Ivy Compton-Burnett.' *The Lady*