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Description for Mother Country
Paperback. A funny, touching, sometimes profound story about love, memory, and the loss of illusions Num Pages: 320 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Even her closest friend agreed that Shark Grayson wasn't fit to keep her baby. A heroin addict, living in a sordid London squat, she was already close to death when her American lover took charge of the situation by force, and carried off the baby Alexander to give him a loving home in the Mid-West and an affluent future. But now Alex is twenty-seven, orphaned again and afflicted by a sense of lost roots and a romantic vision of England. A business trip provides the chance to go and trace his unknown relatives. He finds friendship; encounters some ... Read more
Even her closest friend agreed that Shark Grayson wasn't fit to keep her baby. A heroin addict, living in a sordid London squat, she was already close to death when her American lover took charge of the situation by force, and carried off the baby Alexander to give him a loving home in the Mid-West and an affluent future. But now Alex is twenty-seven, orphaned again and afflicted by a sense of lost roots and a romantic vision of England. A business trip provides the chance to go and trace his unknown relatives. He finds friendship; encounters some ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340793916
SKU
KRF0038026
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Libby Purves
Libby Purves is a writer and also a broadcaster who has presented the talk programme Midweek on Radio 4 since 1984 and formerly presented Today. She is a main columnist on the Times and in 1999 was named the Granada "What the Papers Say" Columnist of the Year, and awarded a O.B.E for services to journalism. She lives ... Read more
Reviews for Mother Country
Purves's great skill is her ability to marry her cultural and historical insights with her characters' personal development - all wrapped up in a well-paced detective story. . . . Engrossing.
Joanna Hunter, The Times Play
Amusing, wry and often thought-provoking . . . its greatest rewards are to be found in the subtle changes which occur in ... Read more
Joanna Hunter, The Times Play
Amusing, wry and often thought-provoking . . . its greatest rewards are to be found in the subtle changes which occur in ... Read more