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Jonathan Coe
ISBN: 9780141033211
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
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Rosamund lies dying in her remote Shropshire home. But before she does so, she has one last task: to put on tape not just her own story but the story of the young blind girl, her cousin's granddaughter, who turned up mysteriously at her party all those years ago.
'What I want you to have, Imogen, above all, is a sense of your own history; a sense of where you come from, and of the forces that made you'. Rosamund lies dying in her remote Shropshire home. But before she does so, she has one last task: to put on tape not just her own story but the story of the young blind girl, her cousin's granddaughter, who turned up mysteriously at her party all those years ago. This is a story of generations, of the relationships within a family - and of what goes to make a child. Called 'the best English novelist of his generation' by Nick Hornby, Jonathan Coe extends his range in this magnificent account of a Shropshire family in the last half of the twentieth century.
| ISBN | 0141033215 | | Pages | 288 | | ISBN13 | 9780141033211
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 194 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Penguin Books Ltd | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Publication date | 05 Jun 2008 | | Spine width (mm) | 18 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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A hauntingly melancholy tale of love and loss...a moving exploration of the inheritance of unhappiness, and the devestating consequences it can have for future generations Daily Mail Potent and melancholy, like a short, sad song The Guardian A male writer who can enter such traditionally female territory and aquit himself with such aplomb The Sunday Telegraph  Be the first to write a customer review
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