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The Fish Ladder: A Journey Upstream
Katharine Norbury
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Description for The Fish Ladder: A Journey Upstream
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2016 LONGLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2015 TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2015 Katharine Norbury was abandoned as a baby in a Liverpool convent. Raised by loving adoptive parents, she grew into a wanderer, drawn by the beauty of the British countryside. One summer, following the miscarriage of a much-longed-for child, Katharine and her nine-year-old daughter Evie decide to follow a river from the sea to its source. But a chance circumstance forces Katharine to the door of the woman who gave her up all those years ... Read more
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2016 LONGLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2015 TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2015 Katharine Norbury was abandoned as a baby in a Liverpool convent. Raised by loving adoptive parents, she grew into a wanderer, drawn by the beauty of the British countryside. One summer, following the miscarriage of a much-longed-for child, Katharine and her nine-year-old daughter Evie decide to follow a river from the sea to its source. But a chance circumstance forces Katharine to the door of the woman who gave her up all those years ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408859261
SKU
V9781408859261
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Katharine Norbury
Katharine Norbury trained as a film editor with the BBC and has worked extensively in film and television drama. She is a graduate of the Creative Writing MA programme at UEA. The Fish Ladder is her first book. It was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and was a Telegraph Best Book of the Year 2015. Katharine was chosen ... Read more
Reviews for The Fish Ladder: A Journey Upstream
Beautiful and brave ... A modern Greek myth
James Rebanks, author of The Shepherd's Life
What a delight! The Fish Ladder is a luminous sort of book, beautifully written, darting here and there like a kingfisher over a stream. A beautiful, strange, intoxicating and utterly unique story
Philip Pullman
The Fish Ladder is truly compelling. Its ... Read more
James Rebanks, author of The Shepherd's Life
What a delight! The Fish Ladder is a luminous sort of book, beautifully written, darting here and there like a kingfisher over a stream. A beautiful, strange, intoxicating and utterly unique story
Philip Pullman
The Fish Ladder is truly compelling. Its ... Read more