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- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2020
Summary
Grandmothers is the story of three very different women and their relationship with the younger generation.
Fiercely independent Nan leads a secret life as an award-winning poet when she is not teaching her grandson Billy how to lie. Glamorous Blanche, deprived of the company of her beloved granddaughter Kitty by her hostile daughter-in-law, finds solace in rebellious drinking and shoplifting. Shy, bookish Minna, in the safety of her shepherd’s hut, shares with her surrogate …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241371435 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241371430 |
| Author: | Salley Vickers |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2020 |
| Weight: | 228g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 20mm |
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No one can dig down into the shrouded recesses of the human heart quite as forensically as Vickers
A fond portrait of what it is to love a child, both yours and not… a tonic for the overlooked modern grandmother * Sunday Times *Vickers sees with a clear eye and writes with a light hand. She’s a presence worth cherishing in the ranks of modern novelists – Philip PullmanVickers writes of relationships with undaunted clarity – Adam PhillipsNo one can dig down into the shrouded recesses of the human heart quite as forensically as Vickers * Sunday Times *The Librarian will wring the heart of anyone who fell in love with books as a child. It is a hymn to the power of literature…delightful * The Times on ‘The Librarian’ *A nostalgic treat…involving and hopeful * Mail on Sunday on ‘The Librarian’ *
About The Author
Salley Vickers
Salley Vickers is the author of many acclaimed novels including the best-selling Miss Garnet’s Angel, Mr Golightly’s Holiday, The Other Side of You and The Cleaner of Chartres and two short story collections, the latest The Boy Who Could See Death. She has worked as a cleaner, a dancer, a teacher of children with special needs, a university lecturer and a psychoanalyst. She now writes and lectures full time.
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