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Good Behaviour by Molly Keane6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() he stretched out a bare arm for Richard’s cigarette case. “Hubert was sitting on the edge of the bed. “It was some time before they found her body, swollen almost to bursting the frilled bathing costume.” Meagre resourcesĪroon falls for Richard, Hubert’s friend. Poor, plump, sweet, Mrs Brock, the children’s governess. Born Mary Nesta Skrine in 1904, a daughter of the fading Anglo-Irish gentry, Keane was a moody, red-haired child with a rebellious streak the cook called her that right red rip. And Papa has his “his endless strayings with all the other women who longed after him”. Molly Keane’s life was defined by precisely the kind of good behavior that Good Behaviour skewers. ![]() But Mummie is indifferent to all but Hubert, their beloved son. ![]() Aroon blunders through her teenage years. Good Behavior Hardcover Januby Molly Keane (Author) 1,135 ratings Part of: VMC Designer Collection (18 books) See all formats and editions Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover from 65.00 1 Collectible from 65. No matter what indignity, good behaviour must be maintained. The St Charles family, Anglo-Irish to their core, are hanging on. The book spans pre- and post-independent Ireland. Every dismissal destroys.Īroon St Charles, too tall, too plain, too ungainly, is the only daughter of Mummie and Papa, of Temple Alice, a once grand, now decrepit, country house. ![]() Let no one suggest that Good Behaviour by Molly Keane is funny. ![]()
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