She has been warned.
“We must never spend twenty-four hours of a day together,”
Conrad had told her during their honeymoon.
He kept his word.
Antonia still hasn't gotten used to it.
Married life is like a roller coaster.
There are ups and downs.
The Flemings are a couple like any other in England of the last century.
Antonia scrutinizes the stages of her marriage like a doctor details the x-rays of one of his patients.
The novel is presented in layers.
It is built backwards.
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It begins in 1950. The Flemings are giving an engagement dinner for their son, Julian.
There is a lot of excitement in their Campden Hill Square home.
Poor June, full of hope, doesn't know what awaits her.
Julian risks reproducing his father's habits.
Flashback to 1942. During the war, Conrad is never there.
His mysterious profession sends him to the four corners of the country.
Antonia is patient.
Rewind to 1937, where…
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