Next of Kin

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On sale May 07, 2002 | 352 Pages | 9780425184745

More than twenty years ago, a young American named Carolyn came to the Meredith family farm, marrying Robin Meredith and settlingnever quite comfortablyinto rural English life. Now Caro has died, leaving behind a husband who has long slept in a separate bedroom and an angry adopted daughter. But another young woman is about to arrive. Her name is Zoe, and unlike Caro, she finds something compelling in the Meredith's strenuous, earthbound lifestyleand in Robin...
Joanna Trollope wrote for more than 30 years. Her enormously successful contemporary works of fiction, several of which have been televised, include Other People's Children, Marrying the Mistress, Girl from the South, Brother & Sister, Second Honeymoon, and Friday Nights. She was awarded the OBE in 1996 for services to literature. View titles by Joanna Trollope
"Wit, feeling and originality...a powerful story" —Washington Post Book World

"Trollope does an excellent job of describing the dynamics of farm life...an absorbing narrative." —Publishers Weekly

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More than twenty years ago, a young American named Carolyn came to the Meredith family farm, marrying Robin Meredith and settlingnever quite comfortablyinto rural English life. Now Caro has died, leaving behind a husband who has long slept in a separate bedroom and an angry adopted daughter. But another young woman is about to arrive. Her name is Zoe, and unlike Caro, she finds something compelling in the Meredith's strenuous, earthbound lifestyleand in Robin...

Author

Joanna Trollope wrote for more than 30 years. Her enormously successful contemporary works of fiction, several of which have been televised, include Other People's Children, Marrying the Mistress, Girl from the South, Brother & Sister, Second Honeymoon, and Friday Nights. She was awarded the OBE in 1996 for services to literature. View titles by Joanna Trollope

Praise

"Wit, feeling and originality...a powerful story" —Washington Post Book World

"Trollope does an excellent job of describing the dynamics of farm life...an absorbing narrative." —Publishers Weekly