Taking Chances

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Penguin-Virago, 1987 - Fiction - 271 pages
The atmosphere of loyalty and trust in their ancestral home of Sorristown is disrupted for Roguey, Jer and Maeve when one of Maeve's bridesmaids arrives. Suddenly, for the first time, love means risk, truly taking chances.

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Section 1
vii
Section 2
5
Section 3
17
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M. J. Farrell
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M. J. Farrell
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About the author (1987)

Molly Keane was born Mary Nesta Skrine in County Kildare, Ireland on July 20, 1904. From 1928 to 1956, she wrote under the pseudonym M. J. Farrell. As Farrell, she wrote 11 novels and several plays including Young Entry, Devoted Ladies, Loving without Tears, Spring Meeting, Ducks and Drakes, Guardian Angel, Treasure Hunt, and Dazzling Prospect. She stopped writing for over 20 years until Good Behaviour was published in 1981 under her married name and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Her other later works include Time After Time and Loving and Giving. She died on April 22, 1996.

Bibliographic information

TitleTaking Chances
Issue 255 of Virago modern classics
AuthorM. J. Farrell
ContributorM. J. Farrell
Editionreprint
PublisherPenguin-Virago, 1987
ISBN0140161732, 9780140161731
Length271 pages
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