The Precipice

Duigan Virginia
The Precipice

The Precipice

Duigan Virginia

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What happens when an obsession takes over and there is no one to hold you back?

Thea Farmer, a reclusive and difficult retired school principal, lives in isolation with her dog in the Blue Mountains. Her distinguished career ended under a cloud over a decade earlier, following a scandal involving a much younger male teacher. After losing her savings in the financial crash, she is forced to sell the dream house she had built for her old age and live in her dilapidated cottage opposite.

Initially resentful and hostile towards Frank and Ellice, the young couple who buy the new house, Thea develops a flirtatious friendship with Frank, and then a grudging affinity with his twelve-year-old niece, Kim, who lives with them. Although she has never much liked children, Thea discovers a gradual and wholly unexpected bond with the half-Vietnamese Kim, a solitary, bookish child.

Her growing sympathy with Kim propels Thea into a psychological minefield. Unsettling suspicions, which may or may not be irrational, begin to dominate her life, and build towards a catastrophic climax.

Author:   Duigan Virginia
ISBN:  

9781741667165


Publication Date:   01 May 2011
Bind Format:   Paperback
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What happens when an obsession takes over and there is no one to hold you back?

Thea Farmer, a reclusive and difficult retired school principal, lives in isolation with her dog in the Blue Mountains. Her distinguished career ended under a cloud over a decade earlier, following a scandal involving a much younger male teacher. After losing her savings in the financial crash, she is forced to sell the dream house she had built for her old age and live in her dilapidated cottage opposite.

Initially resentful and hostile towards Frank and Ellice, the young couple who buy the new house, Thea develops a flirtatious friendship with Frank, and then a grudging affinity with his twelve-year-old niece, Kim, who lives with them. Although she has never much liked children, Thea discovers a gradual and wholly unexpected bond with the half-Vietnamese Kim, a solitary, bookish child.

Her growing sympathy with Kim propels Thea into a psychological minefield. Unsettling suspicions, which may or may not be irrational, begin to dominate her life, and build towards a catastrophic climax.

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Author:   Duigan Virginia
ISBN:  

9781741667165


Publication Date:   01 May 2011
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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