A Perfect Explanation

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Finalist for the Desmond Elliott Prize

A "superb debut"* novel--based on the story of the author's grandmother--following an aristocratic woman who abandons her family and her money in search of a life she can claim as her own. (*The Guardian)

Enid Campbell, granddaughter of a duke, grew up surrounded by servants, wanting for nothing except love. But when her brother died in the First World War, a new heir was needed, and it was up to Enid to provide it.

A troubled marriage and three children soon followed. Broken by postpartum depression, overwhelmed by motherhood and a loveless marriage, Enid made the shocking decision to abandon her family, thereby starting a chain of events--a kidnap, a court case, and selling her son to her sister for £500--that reverberated through the generations.

Interweaving one significant day in 1964, when it seems the family will reunite for one last time, with a decade during the interwar period, A Perfect Explanation explores the perils of aristocratic privilege, where inheritance is everything and happiness is hard won.

Sobre o Livro

Enid Campbell, neta de um duque, vê o destino da família alterado pela morte do irmão na Primeira Guerra Mundial e pela necessidade de garantir um herdeiro. A ambientação nas classes aristocráticas entre guerras oferece um recorte social e histórico preciso.

Ao abandonar o casamento e os filhos após episódios de depressão pós-parto, Enid desencadeia eventos que incluem um sequestro, um processo judicial e a venda de um filho por £500; a narrativa analisa as consequências pessoais e familiares dessa decisão. O enredo explora tensões entre dever hereditário e busca por autonomia.

Em 1964, um dia decisivo anuncia a possível reunião final da família, ligando passado e presente por meio de segredos e ressentimentos. Temas centrais incluem privilégio aristocrático e as complexidades da herança social e emocional.