The Paper Wife

by Linda Spalding

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"At the heart of Linda Spalding's haunting new novel is the relationship between two young women, Kate and Lily. It's the sixties and they have known each other half their lives. Closer than sisters, they have chosen each other. But at university their friendship is tested when Lily betrays her friend in the face of passion. Confronted with the pain of disloyalty, and the need to resolve her own desires, she runs away to Mexico only to find herself entangled in a series of sinister events she can hardly comprehend."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved… (more)

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i read the Paper Wife years back,having picked it randomly at the public library. it has haunted me since then coming into my mind every now and then.
its about a college girl who gets impregnated by a friend's boyfriend during a night of partying. She turns her back on her academic life by leaving the country for Mexico, to avoid breaking her friend's heart. It is a heart rending book,facing questions of loyalty and ethics. Though the father of the baby that eventually she gives birth to, joins her to take responsibility of the child, she has to decide what life she has to choose ,one of convenience or one of sacrifice.
Beautiful story. Will read it again. (

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sidiki | May 21, 2013 |

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"At the heart of Linda Spalding's haunting new novel is the relationship between two young women, Kate and Lily. It's the sixties and they have known each other half their lives. Closer than sisters, they have chosen each other. But at university their friendship is tested when Lily betrays her friend in the face of passion. Confronted with the pain of disloyalty, and the need to resolve her own desires, she runs away to Mexico only to find herself entangled in a series of sinister events she can hardly comprehend."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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