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Coming Home
Sue Gee
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Description for Coming Home
Paperback. A family story in the vein of Penelope Lively following an English couple 'coming home' from India in 1944, attempting to make their way in a changed Britain. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 136 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
Spring, 1947. In a few months' time the British flag will be lowered all over India, and with Independence thousands of those who made their lives there - as planters, civil servants, or in the Indian army - will be returning to England.
Among those coming home, as everyone speaks of it, are Will and Flo Sutherland, who fell in love at the end of the war. India has been the defining experience of their lives: how will they make a new life now?
Sue Gee's new novel is filled with pathos and humour, beautifully evoking ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472207128
SKU
V9781472207128
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About 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 ... Read more
Reviews for Coming 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 & Home
A compelling read, Coming Home will awaken all your senses
Independent
Daily Mail
'Powerful and convincing... A compelling story with subtle characterisation and engaging humanity'
Daily Express
'Gentle, evocative and totally involving'
Woman & Home
A compelling read, Coming Home will awaken all your senses
Independent