In the sweet shop Willy Chapman was free, absolved from all responsibility, and he ran his sweet shop like his life - quietly, steadfastly, devotedly. It was a bargain struck between Chapman and his beautiful, emotionally injured wife - a bargain based on unexpressed, inexpressible love and on a courageous acceptance of life's deprivation...threatened only by Dorry, their clever, angry, unforgiving daughter. 'Moving...Through the succinctly evoked provincial decades one of the engrossing features is the difficulty of love ...
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In the sweet shop Willy Chapman was free, absolved from all responsibility, and he ran his sweet shop like his life - quietly, steadfastly, devotedly. It was a bargain struck between Chapman and his beautiful, emotionally injured wife - a bargain based on unexpressed, inexpressible love and on a courageous acceptance of life's deprivation...threatened only by Dorry, their clever, angry, unforgiving daughter. 'Moving...Through the succinctly evoked provincial decades one of the engrossing features is the difficulty of love and of communication between generations' - "London Review of Books". 'A remarkable novel...There is a touch of Joyce in Graham Swift's revelation of the hidden poetry of small men's lives' - "New York Times Book Review".
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New York. 1985. Washington Square Press. 1st American Edition. Tape At Bottom Of The Spine, Otherwise Good in Slightly Worn Wrappers. 0671546112. 222 pages. paperback. keywords: Literature England. FROM THE PUBLISHER-In the sweet shop Willy Chapman was free, absolved from all responsibility, and he ran his sweet shop like his life-quietly, steadfastly, devotedly. It was a bargain struck between Chapman and his beautiful, emotionally injured wife-a bargain based on unexpressed, inexpressible love and on a courageous acceptance of life's deprivation, threatened only by Dorry, their clever, angry, unforgiving daughter. inventory #23494.
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New York. 1985. Washington Square Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0671546112. Paperback Original. 222 pages. paperback. keywords: Literature England. FROM THE PUBLISHER-In the sweet shop Willy Chapman was free, absolved from all responsibility, and he ran his sweet shop like his life-quietly, steadfastly, devotedly. It was a bargain struck between Chapman and his beautiful, emotionally injured wife-a bargain based on unexpressed, inexpressible love and on a courageous acceptance of life's deprivation, threatened only by Dorry, their clever, angry, unforgiving daughter. inventory #26252.
