The Facts of Life
An epic, intimate novel of love, music and the life events that stay with us forever
$49.63
- Paperback
672 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2018
Summary
Patrick Gale’s THE FACTS OF LIFE is a mesmerising, epic yet intimate novel of love, music and the life events that stay with us forever
‘Absorbing … deftly characterised, deeply involving and relevant’ The Times
German composer Edward Pepper escapes to England just before the second world war begins in earnest. Struck with TB, he is recuperating in hospital when he meets Sally, a young doctor who has battled her way through medical school, despite the opposition of he…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472255525 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472255526 |
| Author: | Patrick Gale |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Tinder Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 672 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2018 |
| Weight: | 460g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 138mm x 64mm |
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Impossible to put down
Absorbing … deftly characterised, deeply involving and relevant - The Times
A monumental feat of imagination, achingly true and beautiful. I’d be hard pressed to recall the last time a novel so totally captivated meGale’s best and most complex novel - New Statesman[An] extraordinary blockbuster of a novelAbout The Author
Patrick Gale
Patrick Gale was born on the Isle of Wight and now lives on a farm near Land’s End. One of this country’s best-loved novelists, his most recent works are A Place Called Winter, Take Nothing With You and Mother’s Boy. His BBC ‘Queer Britannia’ television drama, Man In An Orange Shirt, was shown to great acclaim in 2017 and won an International Emmy Award.
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