Bitter Quadrille - Sheila Heywood

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Résumé :
Catherine, who has a five-year-old daughter, Janine, is married to Brian, an abusive and controlling man. Brian has an estranged sister, Melanie, with whom he had a fiery relationship during their childhood and, in one way or another they have created havoc in each other's lives. Melanie's previously thwarted ambition to become a model finally materializes and she is later internationally acclaimed. When she introduces her mysterious fianc? to Catherine and Brian, a minefield of past emotions explodes. Jean-Marc, the French fianc?, also has a distinctive and colourful past, much of it spent with Catherine when they were both very much in love. But Jean-Marc has a secret skeleton in his cupboard l which was responsible for his rupture with Catherine....

Biographie:
Sheila Heywood was born and grew up in Leeds, West Yorkshire. She was a very inefficient secretary for many years and in many places and changed her career at 35 years of age to become a teacher of English as a Foreign Language. She taught in Great Britain for three years and then moved to Paris where she lived and worked for 23 years. She started writing short stories as a child and later wrote stories for BBC Radio Leeds. One of them was bought by Anglia Television for dramatization on 'Tales of the Unexpected'. She has written two other novels, one not yet published. She lives in Stockport with her partner Chris and their Border Terrier.

Sommaire:
Catherine, who has a five-year-old daughter, Janine, is married to Brian, an abusive and controlling man. Brian has an estranged sister, Melanie, with whom he had a fiery relationship during their childhood and, in one way or another they have created havoc in each other's lives. Melanie's previously thwarted ambition to become a model finally materializes and she is later internationally acclaimed. When she introduces her mysterious fianc? to Catherine and Brian, a minefield of past emotions explodes. Jean-Marc, the French fianc?, also has a distinctive and colourful past, much of it spent with Catherine when they were both very much in love. But Jean-Marc has a secret skeleton in his cupboard l which was responsible for his rupture with Catherine....