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Secrets and lies linger in the very walls of the solid old Normandy house where Therese and Leonie, French and English cousins, grow up after the war. Intrigued by adults’ guilty silences and the broken shrine they find in the woods, the girls weave their own fantasies, unwittingly revealing the village’s buried shame.
Daughters Of The House
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192 pages
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10 January 1996
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Summary
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize
Secrets and lies linger in the very walls of the solid old Normandy house where Ther se and Leonie, French and English cousins, grow up after the war. Intrigued by adults’ guilty silences and the broken shrine they find in the woods, the girls weave their own fantasies, unwittingly revealing the village’s buried shame, a shame that will haunt them both for the rest of their lives.Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781853816000 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1853816000 |
| Author: | Michele Roberts |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 10 January 1996 |
| Weight: | 136g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 140mm x 13mm |
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Subtle and persuasive
Remarkable and beautifully written - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
A brave and richly imagined novel, full of thrilling set pieces. The new prestige it seems likely to earn for one of our best writers is long overdue. - GUARDIANSubtle and persuasive - COSMOPOLITANAn intense piece of writing, in which the transfigured mundane world of recipes, parental prohibitions and almost ritualised gossip is posed against official purity and religiosity, and shown to be superior. - TLSRemarkable and beautifully written - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAYA brave and richly imagined novel, full of thrilling set pieces. The new prestige it seems likely to earn for one of our best writers is long overdue. - GUARDIANSubtle and persuasive - COSMOPOLITANAn intense piece of writing, in which the transfigured mundane world of recipes, parental prohibitions and almost ritualised gossip is posed against official purity and religiosity, and shown to be superior. - TLSAbout The Author
Michele Roberts
Michele Roberts is the author of eleven highly-acclaimed novels as well as short stories and poetry, most recently collected in All the Selves I Was. Half-English and half-French, she lives in London and Mayenne, France.
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