Absent in the Spring

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Agatha Christie: Absent in the Spring (1971, Arbor House Pub Co)

Hardcover

English language

Published June 6, 1971 by Arbor House Pub Co.

ISBN:
978-0-87795-015-8
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3 stars (1 review)

Absent in the Spring: Stranded between trains, Joan Scudamore finds herself reflecting upon her life, her family, and finally coming to grips with the uncomfortable truths about her life.

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Absent in the Spring

3 stars

Racist and colonialist right out of the gate. The author tells us in clumsy, halting self-revelations that the protagonist is smug, controlling, and unable to think outside of conventions, that a man's vision of life ought to be prime, while her unloving and dishonest family is portrayed as hard done by. The premise was compelling and the epilogue befitting, true to life.

Subjects

  • Middle class women
  • Romantic suspense novels
  • Fiction