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Absent Friends

Name: Absent Friends
SKU: 9780573013317
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Title: Absent Friends
Author: Ayckbourn, Alan
Price: $24.95

Colin's friends are determined to comfort him in his grief over the death of his fiancée — a girl they have never met. They arrange a tea-party for him and are understandably on edge wondering what to say to him as they await his arrival. Their unease, however, has deeper roots as they are all kept together by a mixture of business and cross-marital emotional ties and by the time Colin arrives their tension contrasts dramatically with his cheerfully relaxed air.
M3 (young, middle age) F3 (20s, 30s). A living-room.

Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780573013317
Publishing status: OS Archived