Free Love

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From Tessa Hadley, bestselling author of Late in the Day and The Past, comes a compulsive new novel about one woman' s sexual and intellectual awakening in 1960s LondonFrom Tessa Hadley, bestselling author of Late in the Day and The Past, comes a compulsive new novel about one woman' s sexual and intellectual awakening in 1960s London1967. While London comes alive with the new youth revolution, the suburban Fischer family seems to belong to an older world of conventional stability- pretty, dutiful homemaker Phyllis is married to Roger, a devoted father with a career in the Foreign Office. Their children are Colette, a bookish teenager, and Hugh, the golden boy. But when the twenty-something son of an old friend pays the Fischers a visit one hot summer evening, and kisses Phyllis in the dark garden after dinner, something in her catches fire. Newly awake to the world, Phyllis makes a choice that defies all expectations of her as a wife and a mother. Nothing in these ordinary lives is so ordinary after all, it turns out, as the family' s upheaval mirrors the dramatic transformation of the society around them. With scalpel-sharp insight, Tessa Hadley explores her characters' inner worlds, laying bare their fears and longings. Daring and sensual, Free Love is a compulsive, irresistible exploration of romantic love, sexual freedom and living out the truest and most meaningful version of our lives. ' She has such great psychological insights into human beings, which is rare. She is one of the best fiction writers writing today. ' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ' Tessa Hadley recruits admirers with each book. She writes with authority, and with delicacy- she explores nuance, but speaks plainly; she is one of those writers a reader trusts. ' Hilary Mantel