Sophie Meredith: 4 books

The Splendour Falls ... is about claustrophobia in all its forms. ... is told in two voices, and is a convoluted affair. Lou is "adopted" by a wealthy French family with the view of grooming her as a bride for their son. Lou's mother returns to England after the death of her French husband and finds...

It is the Fab Fifties, precursor to the Swinging Sixties. Our heroine, a newly-qualified teacher by day, a Soho Boho by night, sets off on the night ferry to France with the Coffee Bar Crowd for a weekend in Paris. Many moons later she is still in Paris, her life dramatically changed by a chance encounter...

Julia Simmons, mother of nine year old Mandy, and a teacher at the village school, has been divorced for a year. Julia, in self-defence, has distanced herself from the villagers, her neighbours and also to a certain extent, her colleagues. The headmaster, a middle-aged bachelor, has been pursuing...

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