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17%OFFJo Baker - The Picture Book - 9781846273827 - V9781846273827
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The Picture Book

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Description for The Picture Book Paperback. An epic, involving and exquisitely told story of inheritance and chance as it plays out in one family, across one century and four generations. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 322.
Set against the rolling backdrop of a century of British history from WWI to the 'War on Terror', this is an intimate family portrait captured in snapshots. First there is William, the factory lad who loses his life in Gallipoli, then his son Billy, a champion cyclist who survives the D-Day Landings on a military bicycle, followed by his crippled son Will who becomes an Oxford academic in the 1960s, and finally his daughter Billie, an artist in contemporary London. Just as the names - William, Billy, Will, Billie - echo down through the family, so too the legacy ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846273827
SKU
V9781846273827
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99-99

About Jo Baker
JO BAKER is the author of three previous novels, Offcomer, The Mermaid's Child and The Telling.

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