by Caroline Blackwood · Círculo de Lectores. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788422610601
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The Stepmother is a novel by author Caroline Blackwood, published in 1979 by Círculo de Lectores. The story tells the life of an unhappy housewife who writes letters in her head to imaginary friends, lamenting her misfortunes and weaknesses. Her depression is exacerbated when her husband, Arnold, leaves her to move to Paris, leaving her in the care of his daughter, a young obese, unhappy and emotionally disturbed.
Lady Caroline Maureen Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, known as Caroline Blackwood, was an English writer, socialite, and muse. Her novels have been praised for their wit and intelligence. One of her works is an autobiography, which detailed her wealthy but unhappy childhood. She was born into an aristocratic British family, the eldest child of the 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava and of Maureen Constance Guinness. Her husbands were accomplished figures in their own fields.
