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ElizabethandBetsyhadbeenschoolfriendsin1950sLondon.Elizabeth,prudentandintrospective,valuessocialpropriety.Betsy,raisedbyaspinsteraunt,isopen,trusting,anddesperateforaffection.Aftergrowingupandgoingtheirseparateways,thetwowomenreconnectlaterinlife.ElizabethhasmarriedkindbuttediousDigby,whileBetsyisstillsearchingforloveandbelonging.Inthisdeeplyperceptivestory,AnitaBrooknerbrilliantlychartstheresilienceofafriendshiptestedbyalienationandbyjealousyoveramanwhoseemstoofferthepromiseofescape.