The Beginning of Spring - Flamingo Author:Penelope Fitzgerald Frank Reid is a struggling printer in Moscow. On the eve of the Revolution, his wife returns to her native England, leaving him to raise their three young children alone. How does a reasonable man like Frank cope? Should he listen to the Tolstoyan advice of his bookkeeper? And should he, in his wife's absence, resist his desire for his lovely Ru... more »ssian housemaid? How can anyone know how to live the right life?« less