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Daughters of the House
Michele Roberts
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Description for Daughters of the House
Paperback. Utterly beguiling' Joanna Trollope Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 140. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize
Secrets and lies linger in the very walls of the solid old Normandy house where Therèse and Leonie, French and English cousins, grow up after the war. Intrigued by adults' guilty silences and the broken shrine they find in the woods, the girls weave their own fantasies, unwittingly revealing the village's buried shame, a shame that will haunt them both for the rest of their lives.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781853816000
SKU
KSS0003844
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-5
About Michele Roberts
Michele Roberts is the author of eleven highly-acclaimed novels as well as short stories and poetry, most recently collected in All the Selves I Was. Half-English and half-French, she lives in London and Mayenne, France.
Reviews for Daughters of the House
Remarkable and beautifully written
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
A brave and richly imagined novel, full of thrilling set pieces. The new prestige it seems likely to earn for one of our best writers is long overdue.
GUARDIAN
Subtle and persuasive
COSMOPOLITAN
An intense piece of writing, in which the transfigured mundane world of recipes, parental ... Read more
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
A brave and richly imagined novel, full of thrilling set pieces. The new prestige it seems likely to earn for one of our best writers is long overdue.
GUARDIAN
Subtle and persuasive
COSMOPOLITAN
An intense piece of writing, in which the transfigured mundane world of recipes, parental ... Read more