She wrote in her autobiography: “it was written with integrity, with sincerity, it was written as I meant to write it, and that is the proudest joy an author can have. But they were proven wrong and Absent in the Spring remains one of Agatha Christie’s most surprising and revealing pieces of work. The publishers Collins were unenthusiastic about the prospect of a third Mary Westmacott, stories which took Agatha Christie away from traditional mystery and allowed her to examine crimes of the heart instead. Under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, it was published as a novel in August, 1944. The one book that has satisfied me completely - the book I always wanted to write. “She would be, as it were,” Agatha Christie writes in her autobiography, “continually meeting herself, not recognising herself, but becoming increasingly uneasy.” Absent in the Spring HarperCollins Publishers, 2013 Christie, Agatha A newly reissued edition of Agatha Christies Mary Westmacott novel, a Crime of the Heart novel about a loyal wifes discovery of her husbands infidelity. A psychological exploration, a woman finds herself alone for the first time and begins to reassess her life, finally understanding how others must see her. Agatha Christie was always prolific, often finishing a book within a few months, but Absent in the Spring was written in just three days.
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