Jonathan Cape, London, 1996. Yellowing at page edges, previous owner's name on inner title page, minor wear at dustjacket extremities, otherwise good secondhand condition.

Robin Dromgoole, the only son of a widowed mother, learns to cook with Emmeline who lives next door. But Lisa on the other side, whom he minded when she was a baby, is the girl he marries. As ususal Anderson's writing is dazzling, she writes from the heart and shoots from the hip.