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Also by Louisa Treger:

Madwoman, September 2022
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The Dragon Lady, May 2020
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The Lodger, October 2014
Hardcover / e-Book

The Lodger
Louisa Treger

Thomas Dunne Books
October 2014
On Sale: October 14, 2014
Featuring: Dorothy; Jane; Veronica Leslie-Jones
272 pages
ISBN: 1250051932
EAN: 9781250051936
Kindle: B00J6U7JZO
Hardcover / e-Book
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Women's Fiction

Dorothy exists just above the poverty line, doing secretarial work at a dentist's office and living in a seedy boarding house in Bloomsbury, when she is invited to spend the weekend with a childhood friend. Jane recently married a writer, who is hovering on the brink of fame. His name is H.G. Wells, or Bertie, as he is known to friends.

Bertie appears unremarkable at first. But then Dorothy notices his grey-blue eyes taking her in, openly signalling approval. He tells her he and Jane have an agreement which allows them the freedom to take lovers, although Dorothy is not convinced her friend is happy with this arrangement.

Reluctant to betray Jane, yet unable to draw back, Dorothy free-falls into an affair with Bertie. Then a new boarder arrives at the house - striking, unconventional Veronica Leslie-Jones, determined to live life on her own terms - and Dorothy finds herself caught between Veronica and Bertie. Amidst the personal dramas and wreckage of the militant suffragette movement, Dorothy finds her voice as a writer.

The Lodger is a beautifully intimate novel that is at once an introduction to one of the most important writers of the 20th century and a compelling story of one woman tormented by unconventional desires.

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