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A Lesser EvilLesley Pearse
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A Lesser Evil

528 pagesFirst published 20054 editions
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When Fifi moves to London with her bricklayer boyfriend Dan, her mother is outraged. Despite initial feelings of horror at her new surroundings, Fifi finds the freedom from her middle-class family background exhilarating.Insatiably inquisitive, Fifi is fascinated by her new neighbours and wants to know what goes on behind all those shabby front doors. Why is Yvette, the French dressmaker, such a hermit? Why doesn't widower Frank join his daughter and grandchildren in Australia? And why doesn't the formidable and well-bred Miss Diamond move somewhere smarter?But most of all she is ghoulishly…

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Editions

4 editions
  • Ebook · English · 2008
    Penguin Group UK · 9780141900957
  • Hardcover · English · 2005
    Michael Joseph Ltd · 528 pages · 9780718147051
  • Other · English · 2006
    Penguin · 528 pages · 9780141016979
  • Other · English · 2006
    Charnwood · 591 pages · 9781846173882
FictionLiteratureDysfunctional familiesFiction, general