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Thomas and Mary: A Love Story
Tim Parks
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Description for Thomas and Mary: A Love Story
Paperback. Thomas and Mary have been married for thirty years. They have two children, a dog, a house in the suburbs. But after years of drifting apart, things - finally - come to a head. This title recounts what happens when youthful devotion has long given way to dog walking, separate bed times, and tensions over who left the fridge door open. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
`Somehow it seemed to him the only thing that would really solve the problem would be to return to the sea and find the old ring with their names and the wedding date engraved inside, in 22-carat gold, and put it on again and then the world would magically return to what it had been before. Many years before. This did not happen.' Thomas and Mary have been married for thirty years. They have two children, a dog, a house in the suburbs. But after years of drifting apart, things - finally - come ... Read more
`Somehow it seemed to him the only thing that would really solve the problem would be to return to the sea and find the old ring with their names and the wedding date engraved inside, in 22-carat gold, and put it on again and then the world would magically return to what it had been before. Many years before. This did not happen.' Thomas and Mary have been married for thirty years. They have two children, a dog, a house in the suburbs. But after years of drifting apart, things - finally - come ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784702007
SKU
V9781784702007
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Tim Parks
Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. He lives in Milan. He is the acclaimed author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa, In Extremis, A Season with Verona, Teach Us to Sit Still and Italian Ways. He has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, won the Somerset ... Read more
Reviews for Thomas and Mary: A Love Story
In this darkly funny work, Parks offers a story that doesn't shy away from the complexity of relationships, and from the ineffability, indeed, impossibility, of the unmade decision.
Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
Independent
Mordantly amusing, deeply sad novel... Plainly written, vivid portrait of a marriage... A cautionary tale for couples heedless of the care and kindness ... Read more
Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
Independent
Mordantly amusing, deeply sad novel... Plainly written, vivid portrait of a marriage... A cautionary tale for couples heedless of the care and kindness ... Read more