1991 Costa Book Award – Novel Winner
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The Queen of the Tambourine
Jane Gardam
Eliza Peabody is one of those dangerously blameless women who believes she has God in her pocket. She is too enthusiastic; she talks too much. Her concern for the welfare of her wealthySouth London neighbours extends to ingenuous well-meaning notes of unso…