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A stairway to paradise

by Madeleine St. John (1999)

About this book

A British comedy of manners on a journalist who asks a friend to care for her children while on assignment. The friend, Barbara, agrees and promptly falls in love with the journalist's husband. They start an affair, but he refuses to leave his wife.

Setting / LocationLondon & UK
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreA stairway to paradise Lead Character

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