How do you find the courage to make your own life? An electrifying
novel about first love set in 1960s London and Paris from multiple
bestseller, Rose Tremain A piercing short novel of thwarted love
and true friendship from one of our greatest living writers How do
you find the courage to make your own life? Marianne Clifford,
teenage daughter of a peppery army colonel and his vain wife, falls
helplessly and absolutely for eighteen-year-old Simon Hurst, whose
cleverness and physical beauty suggest that he will go forward into
a successful and monied future, helped on by doting parents. But
fate intervenes. Simon's plans are blown off course, he leaves for
Paris and Marianne is forced to bury her dreams of a future
together. It is Marianne who tells this piercing story of first
love, characterising herself as ignorant and unworthy, whilst her
smart, ironic narration tellingly reveals so much more. Finding her
way in 1960s Chelsea, and supported by her courageous Scottish
friend, Petronella, she continues to seek the life she never stops
craving. And in Paris, beneath his blithe exterior, Simon Hurst
continues to nurse the secret which will alter everything.
General
Imprint: |
Chatto and Windus
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
Authors: |
Rose Tremain
|
Dimensions: |
222 x 138 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
176 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78474-520-2 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-78474-520-0 |
Barcode: |
9781784745202 |
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