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Pretty, unworldly Sophia is twenty-one years old and hastily married to a young painter called Charles. An artist's model with an eccentric collection of pets, she is ill-equipped to cope with the bohemian London of the 1930s, where poverty, babies (however much loved) and her husband conspire to torment her.

Hoping to add some spice to her life, Sophia takes up with Peregrine, a dismal, ageing critic, and comes to regret her marriage - and her affair. But in this case, virtue is more than its own reward, for repentance brings an abrupt end to the cycle of unsold pictures, unpaid bills and unwashed dishes...

Born and raised in England, Barbara Comyns (1909-1992) was a writer and artist who juggled various creative and entrepreneurial endeavors throughout her colorful life, leaving behind a rich literary legacy.

©2023 SAGA Egmont (P)2023 SAGA Egmont Classics Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Women's Fiction England Marriage

Critic reviews

I defy anyone to read the opening pages and not to be drawn in, as I was... Quite simply, Comyns writes like no one else.
-- Maggie O'Farrell, author of "Hamnet".
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I adore Barbra Comyns and wish more of her work was available on audible.
Her slightly befuddled protagonists might not be for everyone but I feel they add a dreamy sense to her writing
Spoons is one of her better known works and is a good place to start if you are curious
The author understands loss, grief and trauma but her books are by no means miserable.
Beautifully read too

My favourite author

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