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"Enid Campbell, granddaughter of a duke, grew up surrounded by servants, wanting for nothing except love. But when her brother died in the First World War, a new heir was needed, and it was up to Enid to provide it. A troubled marriage and three children soon followed. Broken by postpartum depression, overwhelmed by motherhood and a loveless marriage, Enid made the shocking decision to abandon her family, thereby starting a chain of events--a kidnap, a court case, and selling her son to her sister for 1500--that reverberated through the generations. Interweaving one significant day in 1964, when it seems the family will reunite for one last time, with a decade during the interwar period,A Perfect Explanation explores the perils of aristocratic privilege, where inheritance is everything and happiness is hard won"
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A Perfect Explanation, Eleanor Anstruther
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- Released
- 2021
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Eleanor Anstruther
- Publisher
- Gale, a Cengage Company
- Released
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 379
- ISBN13
- 9781432882044
- Series
- Rating
- 3.6 out of 5
- Description
- "Enid Campbell, granddaughter of a duke, grew up surrounded by servants, wanting for nothing except love. But when her brother died in the First World War, a new heir was needed, and it was up to Enid to provide it. A troubled marriage and three children soon followed. Broken by postpartum depression, overwhelmed by motherhood and a loveless marriage, Enid made the shocking decision to abandon her family, thereby starting a chain of events--a kidnap, a court case, and selling her son to her sister for 1500--that reverberated through the generations. Interweaving one significant day in 1964, when it seems the family will reunite for one last time, with a decade during the interwar period,A Perfect Explanation explores the perils of aristocratic privilege, where inheritance is everything and happiness is hard won"