The Happiest Days (Paperback, New Ed)

This highly praised collection of short stories explores the lives of children and young people who find that major events impact heavily on their feelings and views of the world. Journalist and reviewer Connolly brilliantly captures how these emotions - the fragmented, uncertain grasp of facts, jealousy, loneliness, love - all combine to play an important part in the formative years of her characters. A light touch ensures that Connolly's collection provides the reader with a thoughtful, finely crafted set of stories to enjoy. (Kirkus UK)

A brilliant collection of short stories from an outstanding new voice in contemporary fiction. Happy days have their souring. In this remarkable debut, Cressida Connolly explores the lives of children and young people who, in the wake of events that alter everything, find themselves split like stone. A conversation on a trip to the zoo - words which can't be clutched back - heralds the end of a family; a boy watches his father fold Aunt Rose in his arms and loses his vocation; in an alarming account of sibling rivalry, a young girl becomes jealous of the attention afforded her dying sister. Each of these finely crafted stories is its own forceful and separate world where familiar emotions - love, loss, jealousy, loneliness - are dissembled and show anew.

General

Imprint:	4th Estate
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2000
Authors:	Cressida Connolly
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	192
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-85702-715-0
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories
LSN:	1-85702-715-9
Barcode:	9781857027150

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