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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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