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'In London's South Kensington, in the austere years immediately following the end of the war, Mrs Harriet Wallis is convicted of the murder of her husband, Cecil, and is sentenced to death by hanging. Leading a pampered if conventional existence, the Wallises appear to have a contented life. However, when the police turn up at the front door on the day the new nanny arrives, the first of a chain of events that will culminate in Cecil's murder is begun.
'Set in a post-War period when a well-to-do British family's existence - both outside and inside the house - is ruled by a strict set of conventions, The Second-last Woman in England explores the depth of emotions that are always there in every family but rarely surface. And what happens when they do.' (From the publisher's website.)
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- Large print.
Works about this Work
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[Review] The Second-last Woman in England
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 29 May 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of The Second-Last Woman in England 2010 single work novel -
The Penultimate Punishment
Anastasia Gonis
(interviewer),
2010
single work
interview
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April vol. 89 no. 7 2010; (p. 47) -
Take Three
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 9 May 2010; (p. 30)
— Review of The Second-Last Woman in England 2010 single work novel -
[Review] The Second-Last Woman in England
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April vol. 89 no. 7 2010; (p. 36)
— Review of The Second-Last Woman in England 2010 single work novel -
Flight of the Epergne
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , April vol. 5 no. 3 2010; (p. 18, 23)
— Review of Below the Styx 2010 single work novel ; The Second-Last Woman in England 2010 single work novel ; The Lake Woman : A Romance 2009 single work novel ; In the Mood 2010 single work novel
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Wrong-Footed Trail
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 320 2010; (p. 18)
— Review of The Second-Last Woman in England 2010 single work novel -
Pick of the Week
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-4 April 2010; (p. 38)
— Review of The Second-Last Woman in England 2010 single work novel -
Flight of the Epergne
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , April vol. 5 no. 3 2010; (p. 18, 23)
— Review of Below the Styx 2010 single work novel ; The Second-Last Woman in England 2010 single work novel ; The Lake Woman : A Romance 2009 single work novel ; In the Mood 2010 single work novel -
[Review] The Second-Last Woman in England
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April vol. 89 no. 7 2010; (p. 36)
— Review of The Second-Last Woman in England 2010 single work novel -
Take Three
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 9 May 2010; (p. 30)
— Review of The Second-Last Woman in England 2010 single work novel -
The Penultimate Punishment
Anastasia Gonis
(interviewer),
2010
single work
interview
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April vol. 89 no. 7 2010; (p. 47)
Awards
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London,
cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
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