INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES HIGHLIGHTS / CHILDREN'S / TRAVEL WINTER 2020 CANADIAN RIGHTS CATALOGUE Orders may be submitted to Ingram Publisher Services T: 1-866-400-5351 * F: 1-800-838-1149 E: [email protected] GRANTA BOOKS Don't Look At Me Like That Diana Athill Summary From the author of Somewhere Towards the End and Stet, the late great Diana Athill's only novel, about love, betrayal and a young woman finding oneself in 1950s London. England, in the mid-fifties. Meg Bailey has always aspired to live a respectable life. With her best friend, Roxane, she moves from secondary school to an un-Bohemian art college in Oxford. Under the watchful eye of Roxanne's mother, Mrs Wheeler, the two girls flourish in Oxfordian society. But Meg constantly longs for more. Not content to stay in Oxford, she finds a job in London. Roxane stays behind and marries Dick, a man of Mrs Wheeler's choosing. As Meg's independence grows, Dick suddenly appears in London for work. 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