"Love has a way of cheating itself consciously, like a child who plays at solitary hide-and-seek; it is pleased with assurances that it all the while disbelieves."

George's first novel tells the story of a tragic yet hopeful "love rectangle." Set in rural England, the plot focuses on upright carpenter Adam as he struggles with his unrequited love for a woman who finds herself a social outcast after a tryst with a militia officer.

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