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The Tortoise and the Hare – Elizabeth Jenkins (1954)

The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins

May 27, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

We have the story of Imogen Greshman, a youngish wife of an older husband. She’s in her mid30s and he’s in his early 50s, they have kids, and recently, he’s been more busy at work than usual, and she starts to notice a kind of wandering eye. What’s inexplicable to Imogen is that he seems to be homing in on Blanche Silcox, a little more patrician and country, and more confounding to Imogen, around his age. Imogen is the hare to Blanche’s tortoise, and like […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Elizabeth Jenkins

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:237 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Elizabeth Jenkins ·
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