The Party

Tessa Hadley

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Evelyn had the surprising thought that bodies were sometimes wiser than the people inside them. She'd have liked to impress somebody with this idea, but couldn't explain it. On a winter Saturday night in post-war Bristol, sisters Moira and Evelyn, on the cusp of adulthood, go to an art students' party in a dockside pub; there they meet two men, Paul and Sinden, whose air of worldliness and sophistication both intrigues and repels them. Sinden calls a few days later to invite them over to the grand suburban mansion Paul shares with his brother and sister, and Moira accepts despite Evelyn's misgivings. As the night unfolds in this unfamiliar, glamorous new setting, the sisters learn things about themselves and each other that shock them, and release them into a new phase of their lives.


Author(s): Hadley, Tessa
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 09/10/2025
Pagination: 114 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Vintage
Published By: Vintage
Book Classification: Modern & contemporary fiction|Narrative theme: Coming of age|Narrative theme: Coming of age|Narrative theme: Interior life|Narrative theme: Interior life|Family life fiction|Historical fiction
Dimensions: 197x129x9
Weight: 105
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781529949315

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