Bodies of Light (Paperback)

Bodies of Light is a deeply poignant tale of a psychologically tumultuous nineteenth century upbringing set in the atmospheric world of Pre-Raphaelitism and the early suffrage movement. Ally (older sister of May in Night Waking), is intelligent, studious and engaged in an eternal - and losing - battle to gain her mother's approval and affection. Her mother, Elizabeth, is a religious zealot, keener on feeding the poor and saving prostitutes than on embracing the challenges of motherhood. Even when Ally wins a scholarship and is accepted as one of the first female students to read medicine in London, it still doesn't seem good enough. The first in a two-book sequence, Bodies of Light will propel Sarah Moss into the upper echelons of British novelists. It is a triumphant piece of historical fiction and a profoundly moving master class in characterisation.

General

Imprint:	Granta Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2014
Authors:	Sarah Moss
Dimensions:	216 x 135 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-1-84708-908-3
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	1-84708-908-9
Barcode:	9781847089083

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