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Open Secrets, the fifth volume in the Land of the Living sequence, finds Amy Parry and her husband, the poet John Cilydd More, confronted with not only the destruction and desperation of the Second World War, but also the strain of conflicting political beliefs on their marriage. As Amy struggles to balance her loyalty to her family with her own independent ambitions, she becomes involved with the welfare of German refugees, the Labour movement and war work in ways that find little favour with her husband and even less with Nanw, her jealous sister-in-law. Their compelling story unfolds against the turmoil of a radically changing world.
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'Emyr Humphreys is one of the most gifted contemporary novelists. He has an instinctive sense of the ways in which men and women are shaped by their environment, an eye for the incident that reveals character, a deep feeling for the poetry which is part of everyday life and for the rhythms in which it expresses itself in ordinary speech.' Goronwy Rees, The Spectator
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CONTINUING THE SAGA OF AMY PARRY. AMY IS NOW MARRIED WITH TWO SONS AND LIVING IN PENDRAW, WALES. WORLD WAR II BREAKS OUT AND WALES IS INUNDATED WITH EVACUEES AND RECRUITING OFFICERS. AMY IS KEEN TO HELP AND SPENDS MORE AND MORE TIME IN LONDON. SHE JOINS THE RED CROSS AND THE WVS. JOHN GILYDD, HOWEVER, WITHDRAWS INTO HIMSELF MORE, AS WALES IS ONCE AGAIN INVADED BY THE ENGLISH. AMY GETS INVOLVED IN POLITICS AND IS PUT UP AS CANDIDATE FOR NORTHEAST WALES BUT HER WORKLOAD IS SUCH THAT SHE IS NEGLECTING HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN BUT SHE IS DETERMINED TO HELP WALES THROUGH POLITICS. SHE WINS BY FOUR POINT BUT HER TIMING IS BAD, AS SHE IS NOW PREGNANT AGAIN. SHE HAS ANOTHER SON WHOM AT FIRST SHE RESENTS BUT EVENTUALLY SHE TALKS IT OUT WITH JOHN AND THEY ARE RECONCILED. 31/10/88 PROD LAUNCH--8000X?X$3.50(10000X52P). A FORMAT.304PP.OFFSET.MAX BULK SPHERE.SUB-6000.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0747403562
- ISBN 13 9780747403562
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages336
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