Darkening Echoes
By Carol Smith
1995
First Published
3.44
Average Rating
489
Number of Pages
Five women meet in a hospital ward in West London. Five strangers from widely differing backgrounds, forced by cramped conditions into passing intimacy that will spark off rivalries as well as set the foundations of enduring friendship. Beth, the career cook - popular, successful, at ease with herself and very much her own woman; Vivienne, the jaded socialite, disillusioned with the tawdriness of her glitzy life and fearful for her marriage; sad Catherine with the domineering mother, frightened of the present and forever seeking refuge in a past that never really was; free- wheeling Sally, the wild colonial, with a spirit as unfettered as her morals; and Georgy, the New Yorker, a stranger newly arrived in town with the singular pursuit of love. Five apples in a barrel ...but one of them is bad.
Avg Rating
3.44
Number of Ratings
94
5 STARS
17%
4 STARS
35%
3 STARS
30%
2 STARS
11%
1 STARS
7%
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Author
Carol Smith
Author · 13 books
Librarian's Note: There is more than one author with this name. Carol Smith was born in London and worked in the book trade, both in London and New York, before becoming a full-time writer herself. For much of that time she ran her own literary agency, focussed on finding and developing new talent, although now her own writing takes up most of her time. She lives in Kensington. She also writes under the name Alex Crowe.
