The Rules of Engagement

Anita Brookner

Original title: The rules of engagement

first published 2003 Vintage, 2005 paperback 288 pages

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I have come to believe that there can be no adequate preparation for the sadness that comes at the end, the sheer regret that one's life is finished, that one's failures remain indelible and one's successes illusory.' Elizabeth and Betsy are old school friends. Born in 1948 and unready for the sixties, they had high hopes of the lives they would lead, even though their circumstances were so different. When they meet...

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The Rules of Engagement edition · 2009 · Penguin Group UK · 9780141910222
The Rules of Engagement paperback · 2005 · Vintage · 288 pages · 9781400075300
The rules of engagement edition · 2004 · Center Point Pub. · 271 pages
The rules of engagement edition · 2004 · Penguin · 256 pages · 9780141014128
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT. edition · 2003 · VIKING · 246 pages
The rules of engagement edition · 2003 · Chivers Press · 271 pages · 9780754019664
The rules of engagement edition · 2003 · Random House · 273 pages

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