Don't Look at Me Like That
Athill, Diana / Oyeyemi, Helen
A candid novel of love, betrayal, and friendship about a young woman who breaks with her peers, moves to London, and begins a shocking affair. In England half a century ago, well-brought-up young women are meant to aspire to the respectable life. Some things are not to be spoken of, some are most certainly not to be done. There are rules, conventions. Meg Bailey obeys them. She progresses from Home Counties school to un-Bohemian art college wi...