The Rector’s Daughter
The Rector’s Daughter by Flora Macdonald Mayor, published by Penguin in 2001, is a work of fiction that explores the life of Mary, a plain and middle-aged woman whose existence revolves around her father, the difficult Canon Jocelyn. Set in a rural context, the narrative unfolds as Mary’s life is unexpectedly transformed by a love affair that challenges her established routine and perceptions.
Readers will find a nuanced portrayal of love in its various forms, including filial love and romantic desire, as well as the complexities of relationships. The book delves into themes of middle-aged longing and the emotional turmoil that accompanies both passion and despair. With 224 pages, this edition offers a thoughtful examination of the intricacies of human connection and the struggles inherent in love and marriage.
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Mary was plain, middle-aged and reliable. Her life centred on her father, the crabbed and difficult Canon Jocelyn, and on the quiet duties of a rector’s daughter deep in the country. She never dreamed that her life was to be shaken to the core by an unlooked-for love affair. “THE RECTOR’S DAUGHTER is a masterpiece…it is about love; filial love and married love and extreme sexual passion, and about the anguish, despair and intermittent bliss of every hopeless relationship between man and woman. It is a blisteringly honest account of middle-aged desire, that most painful of all afflictions, and at the same time a careful, tender study of a happy marriage” Susan Hill
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