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Description for Two Moons
Paperback. One of Jennifer Johnston's most moving and deeply enjoyable novels Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
In a house overlooking Dublin Bay, Mimi and her daughter Grace are disturbed by the unexpected arrival of Grace's daughter Polly, and her striking new boyfriend. The events of the next few days will lead both of them to reassess the shape of their lives. For while Grace's visitors focus her attention on an uncertain future, Mimi, who receives a messenger of a very different kind, must begin to set herself to rights with the betrayals and disappointments of the past.
In a house overlooking Dublin Bay, Mimi and her daughter Grace are disturbed by the unexpected arrival of Grace's daughter Polly, and her striking new boyfriend. The events of the next few days will lead both of them to reassess the shape of their lives. For while Grace's visitors focus her attention on an uncertain future, Mimi, who receives a messenger of a very different kind, must begin to set herself to rights with the betrayals and disappointments of the past.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747259329
SKU
KJE0001484
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston is one of the foremost Irish writers of her, or any generation. She has won the Whitbread Prize (The Old Jest), the Evening Standard Best First Novel Award (for The Captains and the Kings), the Yorkshire Post Award, Best Book of the Year (twice, for The Captains and the Kings and How Many Miles to Babylon). ... Read more
Reviews for Two Moons
'Jennifer Johnston spins her yarn into a shimmering confection whose surface limpidity conceals layer upon layer of narrative meaning, yet whose overall effect is of simplicity, lightness and ease... This is a novel of immense sophistication, familiar yet distant as the moon of the title' Irish Times 'Jennifer Johnston's latest novel is a modern fairy tale with a dark theme... ... Read more