The Last Resort

Alison Lurie

earliest edition we have, 1998 Chatto & Windus, 1998 254 pages

Like a loyal Victorian wife, Jenny has devoted her life to her much older husband, the famous writer and naturalist Wilkie Walker, bringing up their children and researching and editing his best-selling books. But this year, as winter approaches, Wilkie is increasingly depressed and withdrawn. At her wit's end, Jenny persuades him to visit Key West, the Last Resort. Within weeks of their arrival Jenny not only has a...

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The last resort edition · 1999 · Vintage · 254 pages
The last resort edition · 1999 · Henry Holt · 304 pages
The Last Resort edition · 1998 · Henry Holt · 336 pages
The last resort edition · 1998 · Chatto & Windus · 254 pages
The Last Resort hardcover · 1998 · Thorndike Press · 402 pages

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