Against Her Nature

<b>Elizabeth Buchan</b> was a fiction editor at Random House before leaving to write full time. Her novels include the prize-winning <i>Consider the Lily</i> international bestseller <i>Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman</i> <i>The New Mrs Clifton </i>and <i>The Museum of Broken Promises</i>. Buchan's short stories are broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in magazines. She has reviewed for the <i>Sunday Times The Times</i> and the <i>Daily Mail</i> and has chaired the Betty Trask and Desmond Elliot literary prizes. She was a judge for the Whitbread First Novel Award and for the 2014 Costa Novel Award. She is a patron of the Guildford Book Festival and co-founder of the Clapham Book Festival.<br><br><br> <b>elizabethbuchan.com</b> <i><b>Love money and children... Life is a risk however much we try to protect ourselves...</b></i><br><br>Unlike the Frants living their quiet ordered lives in the village of Appleford Tess and Becky are of the generation that believes it can have everything. Highflyers in the high-octane world of London's high-finance they move through the opportunists the short-termists the sharks the bullies and the very very rich to face many choices not least the one presented by biology: children.<br><br>As the different generations balance the challenges life throws at them a tender and unexpected love story emerges alongside a journey to maturity in this bold and beautiful novel.<br><br><b>'A modern day <i>Vanity Fair</i> ... brilliantly done' - <i>Mail on Sunday</i></b> <b>A modern-day take on <i>Vanity Fair</i> from bestselling novelist Elizabeth Buchan.</b> The pursuit of money allied to the pursuit of love is one of fiction's most dynamic themes... <b>an absorbing tale and a salutary one</b> <b>Superb writing pacy sharp dramatic utterly gripping</b> <b>A satisfyingly easy but never facile read</b> Horribly well done The pursuit of money allied to the pursuit of love is one of fiction's most dynamic themes... <b>an absorbing tale and a salutary one</b> <b>Superb writing pacy sharp dramatic utterly gripping</b> <b>A satisfyingly easy but never facile read</b> Horribly well done