The Thing About Clare Quotes

“desperate for a Midsummer Night’s Dream wedding,”
― Imogen Clark, The Thing About Clare

“suspected”
― Imogen Clark, The Thing About Clare

“came”
― Imogen Clark, The Thing About Clare

“philistines.”
― Imogen Clark, The Thing About Clare

“Clare.’ ‘What?’ asked Sebastian. ‘Just Clare? Why did they want . . .?’ Anna put her hand up to silence him. ‘Sorry,’ he muttered. ‘Carry on.’ ‘So, Clare went and they gave her a letter. Basically, it seems that there’s a chance that this friend of Mum’s might be her father.’ Miriam wasn’t sure that she’d heard her properly. ‘What? What did you just say?’ ‘Miriam. Please,’ said Anna in exasperation. ‘Just let me get to the end of it. So this bloke has said that Clare will inherit all his stuff if she can prove that she’s his daughter. She has to do a DNA test.’ Sebastian whistled. ‘Bloody hell. So that means . . .’ He crinkled his brow as he thought through the consequences of what Anna had just said. ‘That means,’ said Miriam, ‘that either he’s a lying toe-rag or Mum had an affair.’ Miriam brought an image of their mother into her mind. She was old, grey-haired, as she remembered her last. She dug deeper into her”
― Imogen Clark, The Thing About Clare