Instances of Number 3

Bridget Hansome and Frances Slater have only one thing in common. And that’s Peter Hansome, who has died suddenly. Without their husband or lover, the women find that before they can rebuild their lives they must look to themselves and unravel mysteries that they had never before even suspected. So begins an unlikely alliance between wife and mistress and a voyage of discovery that is as comic as it is profound.

Instances of the Number 3 is a funny, beguiling exploration of love, bereavement, Shakespeare, illusion and the impossibility of escaping your past. Following on from Miss Garnet’s Angel, this brilliant novel confirms Salley Vickers as a writer who transcends generations.

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Instances of Number 3

‘Admirable. Salley Vickers has a way with persuasive characters and crisp narrative’
— Penelope Lively, Independent

‘Salley Vickers is a remarkable optimist. She shows that happiness can be found even after it seems to have died’
— David Sexton, Evening Standard

‘Gentleness of perception and sharpness of intellect…sustains you long after the last page'
— Bel Mooney, The Times

Instances of Number 3

‘Admirable. Salley Vickers has a way with persuasive characters and crisp narrative’ — Penelope Lively, Independent

‘Salley Vickers is a remarkable optimist. She shows that happiness can be found even after it seems to have died’ — David Sexton, Evening Standard

‘Gentleness of perception and sharpness of intellect…sustains you long after the last page' — Bel Mooney, The Times

‘Admirable. Salley Vickers has a way with persuasive characters and crisp narrative’
— Penelope Lively, Independent

‘Salley Vickers is a remarkable optimist. She shows that happiness can be found even after it seems to have died’
— David Sexton, Evening Standard

‘Gentleness of perception and sharpness of intellect…sustains you long after the last page'
— Bel Mooney, The Times