Waters, Sarah, 1966-

The paying guests / Sarah Waters. - [Toronto] : McClelland & Stewart, c2014. - 566 p. ; 24 cm.

The year is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned, the out-of-work and the hungry are demanding change. In South London, in a large silent house now bereft of brothers, husband, and even servants, life is about to be transformed, as Mrs Wray and her daughter Frances are obliged to take in lodgers. With the arrival of Lilian and Leonard Barber, the routines of the house and the lives of its inhabitants will be shaken up in unexpected ways.

ISBN: 9780771089411

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Boardinghouses--Fiction.
Nineteen twenties--Fiction.
Life change events--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
London (England)--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction--2014.
Psychological fiction--2014.

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]