A stairway to paradise : a novel

"Alex and Andrew are friends. And Barbara ... Barbara is a goddess. Here is the eternal triangle, three people locked in an unhappy tangle of emotions, none able to articulate the quality of their longing and dissatisfaction. Are any of them truly interested in reaching the 'paradise' they claim to be seeking, or are they actually trying to avoid it?"@en
"A British comedy of manners on a journalist who asks a friend to care for her children while on assignment. The friend, Barbara, agrees and promptly falls in love with the journalist's husband. They start an affair, but he refuses to leave his wife."
"A British comedy of manners on a journalist who asks a friend to care for her children while on assignment. The friend, Barbara, agrees and promptly falls in love with the journalist's husband. They start an affair, but he refuses to leave his wife."@en
"Alex and Andrew are friends. And Barbara ... Barbara is a goddess. Here is the eternal triangle, the story of three people in an unhappy tangle of emotions, none able to articulate the precise quality of their longing and dissatisfaction."