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Her lover or her child ? who will she choose? A powerfully compelling novel of love and lust, and the conflict between maternal love and erotic love Anna is a divorcee, a piano teacher, and a devoted mother. She was brought up in a family which valued achievement and self-discipline above almost everything else, but what Anna has always longed for is to be more passionate and expressive, both in her music and in her life, than she seems capable of being. Then she falls in love with Leo, an artist, and in many ways the kind of wild, impulsive person Anna has always wanted to be. Their relationship is intensely sexual and it is this, ultimately, which threatens to destroy all that Anna holds dear. About the Author Sue Miller's astonishing debut novel  a bestseller on first publicationReissued alongside Sue Miller's second novel, Family Pictures. A very gifted first novel, outstanding for its subtle accuracy and honesty. I have not read better for many years John Fowles Sue Miller writes with the ease and immediacy of a natural writer, exploring the dangerous borderline between love and lust, examining with scrupulous care the conflict between erotic and maternal love... wonderfully readable Fay Weldon Truthful and disturbing . . . beautifully written Sue Townsend. A startlingly powerful and moving book Guardian Immensely readable ... the kind of novel people search bookshops for Margaret Forster