| In Joanna Trollope s The Spanish Lover, Frances and Lizzie are twins, but the resemblance between them is strictly physical. Lizzie is married, a mother, the owner of a successful business. Frances is--well, people are beginning to worry about Frances now that she is almost 40. Instead of dwindling into respectable English spinsterhood, however, Frances moves to Spain and falls in love with a very married Spaniard named Luis, who, because he is Catholic, will never leave his wife. The repercussions of Frances s actions are unexpected indeed: as her life takes on new meaning and joy, the lives of her family back in England begin to crumble. Joanna Trollope, a descendant of novelist Anthony Trollope, has inherited her esteemed ancestor s talent for storytelling. In this bittersweet tale set on the Iberian peninsula, she deftly maps the complex relationships that exist within families and the equally complicated relations between lovers. |
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