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"May I ask your daughter's age?" "Nan is thirty-three." "A dangerous age." Rose Macaulay takes a lively and perceptive look at three generations of women within the same family and the 'dangers' faced at each of those stages in life. The book opens with Neville celebrating her... Read Full Overview

Dame Emilie Rose Macaulay, DBE was an English writer, most noted for her award-winning novel The Towers of Trebizond, about a small Anglo-Catholic group crossing Turkey by camel.

A classic post-war novel by Rose Macaulay, author of thirty-five books, including The Towers of Trebizond.

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Nan is a young novelist who has a large family. Her grandmother lives with her widowed mother (a woman who doesn't know what to do with herself now that her children are grown). Her sister, Neville, is similarly in the same predicament (her children having... Read Full Overview

Book Excerpt: ..."What about to-day?" Rodney asked Neville. "What are you going to do?"She answered, "Tennis." (Neville had once been a county player.) "River. Lying about in the sun." (It should be explained that it was one of those nine days of the English summer of 1920 when... Read Full Overview

Rose Macaulay's "Dangerous Ages" is a compelling work of British domestic fiction that offers a sharp social commentary on women's issues and generational differences. This meticulously prepared edition brings back into print a classic exploration of the complexities of life... Read Full Overview