02591cam a2200457 4500 1102551952 TxAuBib 20231231120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780811237468 081123746X B0CCFTTLMZ Amazon 2f7982ec-d6f3-42c9-b9d2-d57a2ef3bd9d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10013405 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Tonks, Rosemary. The Halt During the Chase [Libby]. New Directions, 2023. family. cult classic. sixties. Swinging Sixties. British. Dark Comedy . Coming of age. funny. dating. midcentury. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 326kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:<p><strong>Finally back in print, a remarkable, hilarious coming-of-age novel from the cult classic writer Rosemary Tonks.</strong></p>Sophie—a clever and charming young woman—is trying to get out from under her mother's thumb. She's in love with her childhood friend Philip (pragmatic, attractive, a bit of a bore), but she often worries that she loves him too much for her own good, and that he might only be another thumb to crawl under.<br /> Both a sincere bildungsroman of Sophie's attempt to seize a life for herself and a comic masterpiece with cutting observations and asides, The Halt During the Chase is flutteringly alive as it discusses different forms of love, adulthood ("Isn't buying new lampshades a form of slow death?"), marriage, insecurity, and stifling British snobbery and classism. Sophie's voice, fueled by Tonks's acidic narration, evolves from thrashing about in various traps into a triumphant, croaky-throated liberation song. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-12-31 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2f7982ec-d6f3-42c9-b9d2-d57a2ef3bd9d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2f7982ec-d6f3-42c9-b9d2-d57a2ef3bd9d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2f7982ec-d6f3-42c9-b9d2-d57a2ef3bd9d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXKYP