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This is the moving story of Adella, who moves to Jamaica where life seems to promise so much—a respectable career and the chance of professional status as a seamstress. Adella falls in love with Stanton, whom she eventually follows to England—and who then deserts her. Now a grandmother, Adella waits for her husband to return, haunted by memories and assessing what has been achieved over the years.
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Waiting in the twilight, Joan Riley
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- Released
- 1987
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- Title
- Waiting in the twilight
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Joan Riley
- Publisher
- Women's Press
- Released
- 1987
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN10
- 0704340232
- ISBN13
- 9780704340237
- Series
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
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- This is the moving story of Adella, who moves to Jamaica where life seems to promise so much—a respectable career and the chance of professional status as a seamstress. Adella falls in love with Stanton, whom she eventually follows to England—and who then deserts her. Now a grandmother, Adella waits for her husband to return, haunted by memories and assessing what has been achieved over the years.