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After the collapse of 'Aquazure', his swimming pool construction business, Larry and Miriam Kendall have exiled themselves to a sleepy French village. When Miriam is summoned to her mother's deathbed in Oxford, Larry begins to formulate a dazzling new idea: the creation of the most beautiful, the most artistic swimming pool of all. Around them, Rose Tremain weaves the intricate fabric of the lives of two communities: Miriam's mother, Leni, clever, beautiful and arrogant. Polish Nadia, tortured by the passions of her sad and guilty past. Gervaise the peasant woman - content with her boisterous German lover and confused husband. And the young tearaway Xavier, in love with the virginal Agnes.
| ISBN | 0099428253 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9780099428251
(What's this?) | | Pages | 288 | | Publisher | Vintage | | Weight (grammes) | 204 | | Imprint | Vintage | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 01 May 2003 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Library of Congress | PR6070.R36 | | Spine width (mm) | 18 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Academic level | General |
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"A love story in the very best sense of the phrase...a very good novel as well as an enjoyable one" Literary Review "A tense and steamy narrative" Times Literary Supplement "A patchwork of pain and longing stitched into a satisfying pattern by Rose Tremain's humour and depth of sympathy" Mail on Sunday  Be the first to write a customer review
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