A Start in Life

By Anita Brookner

Format: Paperback

Published by: Penguin (1991)

ISBN: 9780140147438

Condition: Very good.

Since childhood, Ruth Weiss has been escaping from life into books, from the hothouse attentions of her parents into the warmth of lovers and friends. Now Dr Weiss, at 40, knows that her life has been ruined by literature and that once again she must make a new start.