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The Widowhood of Jacki Bates

by Frances Cherry

THIS BOOK STARTS WITH A FUNERAL and ends with a wedding - common family events around which a most unexpected drama unfolds. Jacki Bates, newly widowed and ill prepared for life on her own, is central, but in many ways she is the last to know what might really have been going on...  

In her second novel, Frances Cherry continues her intriguing exploration of the way people behave, talk, .think and feel in their relationships. All this against a background that is so Wellington you can walk down its streets and breathe its incomparable air.  

About her first novel, Dancing with Strings, the critics wrote:  

'A splendid development and a thorough and sensitive engagement with its subject.' Elizabeth Smither, Tbe Evening Post

 'Cherry does not insist that her characters are right, but simply presents their behaviour as another view.' Penny Robinson, Wanganui Chronicle

 'I look forward to her next work.' Michele Leggott, Dominion-Sunday Times

TITLE              The Widowhood of Jackie Bates
AUTHOR         Frances Cherry
PUBLISHED    1991
CATEGORY    Novel
FORMAT         Paperback
EXTENT          A5, 204 pages
ISBN                0-908642-61-5
PRICE              $12.00

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