Throwing stones

By Gwenyth Perry

Subjects: New Zealand fiction

Description: A New Zealand woman, entrenched in small town domesticity, is invited to spend the summer in France. Can she arrange her responsibilities and guilts to release her for the summer? Will the contrast between a sheltered isolated life and the sophistication of Europe prove too dramatic? This novel poses questons about the choices women make, how irrevocable they might be, and whether they may be altered by chance encounters and happenings.