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  • Published: 6 October 1992
  • ISBN: 9780099147718
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $27.99

The Heart of the Country



'A controlled, satisfying and highly characteristic tour-de-force, astringent and startling' - Financial Times

At 6.30pm one Thursday, Natalie Harris's world fell apart when she discovered her husband, Harry Harris, had eloped with Miss Eddon Gurney 1978. Natalie is utterly abandoned in the heart of the country, but then she meets Sonia and her life is changed forever.

From the bestselling author of The Lives and Loves of a She-Devil and The Cloning of Joanna May.

  • Published: 6 October 1992
  • ISBN: 9780099147718
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $27.99

About the author

Fay Weldon

Fay Weldon was brought up in New Zealand, and went to St. Andrews University, Scotland, where she graduated in Economics and Psychology. After a decade of odd jobs, she started writing and now, though primarily a writer of novels (Praxis, Puffball, and The Life and Loves of a She-Devil amongst them) she also writes short stories and radio dramas, and is a prolific stage and screen writer.

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Praise for The Heart of the Country

Confirms her genius for improvisation

Observer

Witty, entertaining and intelligent

Times Literary Supplement

Fay Weldon's novels are sharp as needles. This latest has such a fine point it almost draws blood

Daily Mail