Paint Your Wife by Lloyd Jones

New Egypt is a small town on the slide. Businesses are failing, people are leaving. Men and women fall prey to craving elsewhere. A mural painted by Alma brings new interest in the town. During the Second World War, Alma, a painter, takes advantage of the boys being away and paints the women of the town in lieu of payment for his rat catching efforts. His special favourite is Alice, and soon their sessions turn into a real affair. Husband George returns from the war. To prove his love and reclaim his wife he sets out to move a hill - with a single wheelbarrow, all on his own. Years later, Alma revives his 'in lieu of' payment so an abandoned mother living in the depressed town can make her way. For others looking to escape various corners of despair, PAINT YOUR WIFE is the answer. In learning to look, they rediscover one another. Indifference gives way to appreciation.

Publisher:	Penguin
Year:	2004
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9780143019060
Condition:	Good
Description:	Owner's Name inside.

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SKU: 1591836
Location: NZ Fiction