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When We Were Bad: A Novel
Charlotte Mendelson
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Description for When We Were Bad: A Novel
Paperback. The dazzling Orange Prize shortlisted novel of a family in crisis Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
'As intelligent as it is funny. A beautifully observed literary comedy as well as a painfully accurate description of one big old family mess. A joy' - Observer
In North London, Claudia Rubin is in her heyday. Wife, mother, rabbi - and sometimes moral voice of the nation - everyone wants to be with her at her son Leo's glorious wedding. That is until Leo bolts and the gleaming bubble surrounding the Rubins threatens to burst.
Frances - Claudia's calm, mature, married daughter - tries to hold the nucleus of the family together, but the stress forces her ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Picador
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780330449304
SKU
V9780330449304
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About Charlotte Mendelson
Charlotte Mendelson's novels include Daughters of Jerusalem, When We Were Bad, Almost English, and The Exhibitionist. She has won both the Somerset Maugham Award and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, has been longlisted for the Man Book, and has been longlisted and shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. She is also the author of one work of non-fiction, Rhapsody ... Read more
Reviews for When We Were Bad: A Novel
As intelligent as it is funny. A beautifully observed literary comedy as well as a painfully accurate description of one big old family mess. A joy
Viv Groskop
The Observer
Fast-paced and engaging. Brilliant, touching and true
Naomi Alderman, Women's Prize-winning author of The Power A dazzling portrait of a family in crisis
The Guardian ... Read more
Viv Groskop
The Observer
Fast-paced and engaging. Brilliant, touching and true
Naomi Alderman, Women's Prize-winning author of The Power A dazzling portrait of a family in crisis
The Guardian ... Read more