A funny, satirical tale of English mothers on the brink of rebellion, Arlington Park is a novel for the ages.
Set over the course of one rainy day in an ordinary English suburb, Arlington Park is a viciously funny portrait of a group of young mothers, each bound to their families, each straining for some kind of independence: Juliet, enraged at the victory of men over women in family life; Amanda, warding off thoughts of death with obsessive housework; Solly, about to give birth to her fourth child; Maisie, struggling to accept provincial life; and Christine, the optimist and host of a dinner party where the neighbors come together.
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“Much of the satirical drama of Arlington Park simmers just below the superficial veneer of suburbia. Many of these women seethe with rage and violence in their minds or behind the closed doors of their vaultlike homes…Sharp wit and commanding prose.”
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New York Times