Foreign Affairs Av Alison Lurie

<p><b>''If you''re coming to Lurie for the first time, you must begin with the Pulitzer Prize-winning <i>Foreign Affairs</i>'' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br>Vinnie Miner is an American professor of children''s literature on her way to London for six months of research. Settling into her aeroplane seat she finds herself accosted by Chuck, a brash engineer wearing cowboy boots. She never imagines she''ll see him again. But wet, windy London turns out to be the setting for fresh beginnings, and for Vinnie, a place to take up space, breathe the air, and to refuse to become a minor character in one''s own life. <br><b><br><i>Foreign Affairs</i> is a comic, heart-wrenching masterpiece of unexpected romance. <br><br>WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY AMANDA CRAIG</b></p>