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Something in Disguise

By: Elizabeth Jane Howard
Narrated by: Eleanor Bron
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Summary

May's second marriage to Colonel Herbert Brown-Lacey is turning out to be a terrible mistake. Her children find the Colonel's presence oppressive and leave home. Even Herbert's own daughter tries to escape from her father's sinister behaviour.
©1969 Elizabeth Jane Howard (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
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Subtle, delicate but so insightful

I loved this. I love Elizabeth Jane Howard's intelligence and her piercing and slightly amused commentary on society's attitudes towards women.

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Absolutely all of Elisabeth Jane Howards books have a sad ending

Does Elizabeth Jane Howard do Happy Endings? And Amazingly pls stop asking for more words to fill your review

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Absorbing

A captivating story beautifully written and narrated. The author understands and relates so well, the lives of women in the 1940s and 1950s.

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A glimpse into another world

Beautifully written weaving of one disparate family in what feels like the early sixties - shows how far we’ve changed... tender and engaging.

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Very enjoyable

I loved the undercurrent of bitter humour and the way the tragic undercurrent is contrasted with superficial social norms

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Good listen,,

Good story of it’s time. Well written, as you’d expect by this author. Made me long for the Mediterranean heat and sounds..l.

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She can't write badly.

No matter how many times I read. These spellbinding books capture me completely again




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Stick with it

At the beginning I struggled to understand who all the characters were but I was glad I stuck with it. It opened up into quite a glamorous jaunt with great insights into the human mind.

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What Joy!

My first EJ Howard book. It was perfect. Everything about it. Can I forgive myself for thinking she wrote up market Aga Sagas? She writes beautifully and sensitively. Old fashioned but a wonderful pictorial of a by-gone era. Eleanor Bron is a perfect choice of reader too.

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A Good Listen

This is a good book and deffinately worth a listen - notquite at the "excellent " level though. .Well written and certainly an excellent performance by Eleanor Bron.

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