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Pages for her follows flannery and anne, each at a personal turning point, and the circumstances that lead to their reunion. Flannery, a writer with one wellknown rather racy book to her name, is, by her own admission, in a situation she never thought shed be. Pages for you is set at college, during the main character, flannerys, freshman year. However i read pages for you by sylvia brownrigg a. Brownriggs themes of sexuality, betrayal, marriage, and identity resonate along with this tales strong sense of yearning as it poses the question, can you be a soul mate with someone you havent seen in two decades. Pages for her by sylvia brownrigg two women, former lovers, reconnect with each other and themselves in brownrigg s sequel which can be read independently to her 2001 novel, pages for you. Pages for her is the story of two women, flannery and anne, each at a personal turning point. Twenty years after their brief but passionate affair, chronicled in sylvia brownriggs earlier novel pages for you. What first drawn me into pages for her by sylvia brownrigg was the beautiful cover which has a sixties vibe. Yet pages for her, the novels longawaited sequel, set 20 years later, is cut through with disappointment. Sylvia brownrigg audio books, best sellers, author bio. Pages for her is a novel about love, memory and what it is to be a woman, a wife, and a mother.
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In the romantic universe of brownrigg s novel, there is no eitheror, no simple black and white. Sylvia brownrigg is the author of several acclaimed works of fiction. Buy a cheap copy of pages for you book by sylvia brownrigg. Sylvia brownrigg is the author of six books of fiction, including the novels pages for you and the delivery room. The following is from sylvia brownriggs novel, pages for her. Something made her risk a look at the reader, who took a sip of black coffee. Morality tale was described in the new york times as divinely deadpan, and. Pages for her could be read as a stand alone book in its own right but id recommend reading or perhaps rereading as i did recently after many years sylvia brownriggs prequel to this book pages for you. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading pages for her.