This is a bleak short book from a British novelist. It deals with a woman who wants to please her family and do the right thing. However, "the right thing" may not always bring you happiness. For instance, she falls in love with her best friend's fiancee. He reciprocates these feelings. Yet she decides not to go through with it because it would hurt her best friend. I found this a different twist to this usual story. Friendship is not the most important thing. You should think about your own self-interests too. It turns out to be the only love of Harriett's life. Harriett eventually becomes just a distant memory to the guy and lands up a spinster. Her mother does something stupid as well just to save a few bucks and it jeopardizes Harriett's happiness as well. There was a great company once called Virago Modern Classics that focused on mostly obscure woman writers. Every once in a while I read a book that they published. It's fascinating to read what these women of the past had to say.
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