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Absent in the Spring
by Agatha Christie
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- 0.2 MB
- Published
- 10/10/2013
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- EPUB
Book synopsis
While traveling from Baghdad to London, middle-aged Joan Scudamore is unexpectedly delayed at a remote railway rest house. A chance encounter with an old school friend, now raddled and disreputable, forces Joan to compare their vastly different life paths. As she contemplates her seemingly perfect life as a successful wife and mother, the isolation of the desert begins to peel back the layers of her self-satisfaction.
What you'll take away
- Explore the thin line between a life of stability and one of chaotic choices.
- Examine the reliability of memory and self-perception in the face of isolation.
- Understand the social pressures of mid-20th century womanhood and motherhood.
- Witness a psychological study of domestic contentment versus hidden dissatisfaction.
About the author
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie, writing here under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, steps away from her famous detective fiction to explore human psychology and relationships. This novel is one of six evocative dramas she wrote to explore the complexities of the human heart.
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