Conrad & Eleanor - A Drama of One Couple's Marriage, Love and Family, as They Head Towards Crisis

A BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime

When Conrad fails to return home from a science conference, Eleanor guesses he may at last be reacting to her infidelity. Or has he finally tired of his stagnating job in transplant research? Eleanor's own scientific career has forged ahead, while Conrad played main carer to their children. The four children, now adult, fear for their father but seem to have little sympathy for their tough ambitious mother.

Meanwhile, a long way from home, Conrad is alone, scared and on the run.

About the author

Jane Rogers, mehrfach ausgezeichnete britische Literatin, hat in England mehrere Romane veröffentlicht. Sie arbeitet für Radio und Fernsehen und lehrt an der Universität Sheffield. Mit ihren beiden Kindern lebt sie in Lancashire.

Summary

An intricate and revealing portrait of a dysfunctional marriage as it unravels in midlife crisis and estrangement, and the fallout from one summer, twenty-five years ago.

Foreword

An intricate and revealing portrait of a dysfunctional marriage as it unravels in midlife crisis and estrangement, and the fallout from one summer, twenty-five years ago.

Report

This is an extraordinary novel about an ordinary situation; the unravelling of a marriage. Jane Rogers writes with delicacy and insight about the death throes of a long relationship... This is a dissection of a relationship that cuts to the bone. The Times

Product details

• Authors: Jane Rogers
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2017
• EAN: 9781782397939
• ISBN: 978-1-78239-793-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 236 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Media Tie-In, Family life fiction, TV tie-in humour, Fiction: general and literary, Intended primarily or specifically for women and/or girls