Kennedy\'s absorbing, moving and gently political first novel dissects the intricate difficulties of human relationships, from Margaret\'s passionate attachment to her father and her more problematic involvement with Colin, her lover, to the wider social relations between pupil and teacher, employer and employee, individual and state..
Kennedy\'s absorbing, moving and gently political first novel dissects the intricate difficulties of human relationships, from Margaret\'s passionate attachment to her father and her more problematic involvement with Colin, her lover, to the wider social relations between pupil and teacher, employer and employee, individual and state.