num_pages: 234
description: In her debut novel, Mary Sheepshanks brings readers to the countryside of England. There, casting about a huge manor house that she loves rather more than her husband, lives Sonia, Lady Duntan. The demands of marriage and four small children have conspired to overshadow her sense of self, and the decaying white elephant of a house represents to her the freedom she craves. She must, at all costs, return it to its former glory.Her plans are opposed by her philandering husband who wishes to preserve their standard of living and cares not for the house. So, Sonia conspires with her glamorous, unreliable mother-in-law, a sinister bogus monk, and an urbane fellow from the firm Heritage at Risk only to find things spinning out of control.In this tender, bittersweet novel of love, loss, and the art of compromise, Mary Sheepshanks exposes the foibles of the English with a sharp and witty eye.
language: English
title: A Price for Everything
titlecomplete: A Price for Everything
genres: Fiction, Romance, Womens Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 123
publisher: St Martins Pr