The Resource The Guinness girls, A hint of a scandal : a novel, Emily Hourican
The Guinness girls, A hint of a scandal : a novel, Emily Hourican
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- Summary
- It's the dawn of the 1930s and the three privileged Guinness sisters, Aileen, Maureen and Oonagh, settle into becoming wives and mothers: Aileen in Luttrellstown Castle outside Dublin, Maureen in Clandeboye in Northern Ireland, and Oonagh in Rutland Place in London. But while Britain becomes increasingly politically polarised, Aileen, Maureen and Oonagh discover conflict within their own marriages. Oonagh's dream of romantic love is countered by her husband's lies; the intense nature of Maureen's marriage means passion, but also rows; while Aileen begins to discover that, for her, being married offers far less than she had expected. Meanwhile, Kathleen, a housemaid from their childhood home in Glenmaroon, travels between the three sisters, helping, listening, watching - even as her own life brings her into conflict with the clash between fascism and communism. As affairs are uncovered and secrets exposed, the three women begin to realise that their guiled upbringing could not have prepared them for the realities of married life, nor for the scandals that seem to follow them around
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The Guinness girls, A hint of a scandal : a novel
- Title
- The Guinness girls
- Title part
- A hint of a scandal : a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Emily Hourican
- Title variation
- Hint of a scandal : a novel
- Subject
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- Historical fiction
- Ireland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Married women -- Fiction
- Mitford family -- Fiction
- Nineteen thirties -- Fiction
- Scandals -- Fiction
- Sisters -- Fiction
- Socialites -- England -- Fiction
- Wealth -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Guinness family -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- It's the dawn of the 1930s and the three privileged Guinness sisters, Aileen, Maureen and Oonagh, settle into becoming wives and mothers: Aileen in Luttrellstown Castle outside Dublin, Maureen in Clandeboye in Northern Ireland, and Oonagh in Rutland Place in London. But while Britain becomes increasingly politically polarised, Aileen, Maureen and Oonagh discover conflict within their own marriages. Oonagh's dream of romantic love is countered by her husband's lies; the intense nature of Maureen's marriage means passion, but also rows; while Aileen begins to discover that, for her, being married offers far less than she had expected. Meanwhile, Kathleen, a housemaid from their childhood home in Glenmaroon, travels between the three sisters, helping, listening, watching - even as her own life brings her into conflict with the clash between fascism and communism. As affairs are uncovered and secrets exposed, the three women begin to realise that their guiled upbringing could not have prepared them for the realities of married life, nor for the scandals that seem to follow them around
- Cataloging source
- QMC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hourican, Emily
- Dewey number
- 823.92
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Series statement
- Guinness girls
- Series volume
- 2
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Guinness family
- Mitford family
- Sisters
- Married women
- Scandals
- Wealth
- Socialites
- Nineteen thirties
- London (England)
- Ireland
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The Guinness girls, A hint of a scandal : a novel, Emily Hourican
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 23805772
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- vii, 488 pages
- Isbn
- 9781529352924
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- jb2021065367
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- The Guinness girls, A hint of a scandal : a novel, Emily Hourican
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 23805772
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- vii, 488 pages
- Isbn
- 9781529352924
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- jb2021065367
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
Subject
- Historical fiction
- Ireland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Married women -- Fiction
- Mitford family -- Fiction
- Nineteen thirties -- Fiction
- Scandals -- Fiction
- Sisters -- Fiction
- Socialites -- England -- Fiction
- Wealth -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Guinness family -- Fiction
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