Summary
A brilliant, witty and moving novel about keeping the faith in extreme adversity
When sweet, healthy hearty Holly Fox dies suddenly in childbirth, the Surrey village whose pearl she was reverberates with shock. She leaves behind her a helpless, silent husband, and a tiny daughter, Faith. Everyone assumes Holly’s loving and capable mother Thomasina will look after Faith, but when she unaccountably deserts her newborn grandchild, the baby must be packed off to her father’s peculiar fami…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349121017 |
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| ISBN-10: | 034912101X |
| Author: | Jane Gardam |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2008 |
| Weight: | 295g |
| Dimensions: | 131mm x 200mm x 28mm |
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Terribly funny & clever … the best thing she’s done
FAITH FOX has quite as sharp a take on modern times as Trainspotting … if you’re too hip for Jane Gardam, then you’re too hip - NEW STATESMAN
Funny & admirable … she writes with a dark & buoyant energy which continually challenges & provokes - THE TIMESDazzling … Funny, bleak & full of wisdom, it’s a complete delight - MARIE CLAIRETerribly funny & clever … the best thing she’s done - Victoria WoodAbout The Author
Jane Gardam
Jane Gardam has been awarded the Heywood Hill Literary Prize for a lifetime’s contribution to the enjoyment of literature; has twice won a Whitbread Award and has been short listed for the Booker Prize.
Author Location: Sandwich, Kent and Swaledale, Yorkshire
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