Summary
Coming Home: A Novel of Love and Leaving
Spring, 1947. Independence looms for India, and the British flag’s descent signals a mass exodus. Planters, civil servants, soldiers – all those who built lives on Indian soil are now returning to England.
Among them are Will and Flo Sutherland, their love kindled in the war’s aftermath. India shaped them; it defined their world. Now, they face the daunting task of forging a new life.
Sue Gee’s novel, rich with pathos and humo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472207128 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472207122 |
| Author: | Sue Gee |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Headline Review |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 13 October 2014 |
| Weight: | 311g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 30mm |
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‘Gentle, evocative and totally involving’– Woman & Home
’[An] elegantly written, sympathetic, quietly sensational tale’ - Daily Mail
‘Powerful and convincing… A compelling story with subtle characterisation and engaging humanity’ - Daily Express‘Gentle, evocative and totally involving’ - Woman & HomeA compelling read, Coming Home will awaken all your senses - IndependentAbout The Author
Sue Gee
Sue Gee is the author of nine previous novels, including The Mysteries of Glass, long-listed for the 2005 Orange Prize for Fiction, and Reading in Bed (2008), which also received wide acclaim; and a short story collection, Last Fling (2011). She is a mentor on the Write to Life programme at Freedom from Torture, and teaches at the Faber Academy. She lives in London and Herefordshire.
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