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'Marvellous . . . Funny, subtle, sympathetic' OBSERVER
'One of the wisest and most versatile of our novelists' CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH, GUARDIAN
'Bawden's contemporary truths, laced with a dark humor, fit-and pinch' KIRKUS REVIEWS
Fanny Pye's London house, bought for a song many years earlier, is now worth a small fortune. When she intervenes in a street brawl and is hospitalised, her children tactfully suggest that she move to the suburbs, coincidently releasing some useful family money. Fanny has different views about inheritance and property and is anyway more concerned that she cannot properly remember the events of that night which ended in the death of a stranger. Then, as her amnesia clears, she is overwhelmed by a terrible sense of danger.
'One of the wisest and most versatile of our novelists' CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH, GUARDIAN
'Bawden's contemporary truths, laced with a dark humor, fit-and pinch' KIRKUS REVIEWS
Fanny Pye's London house, bought for a song many years earlier, is now worth a small fortune. When she intervenes in a street brawl and is hospitalised, her children tactfully suggest that she move to the suburbs, coincidently releasing some useful family money. Fanny has different views about inheritance and property and is anyway more concerned that she cannot properly remember the events of that night which ended in the death of a stranger. Then, as her amnesia clears, she is overwhelmed by a terrible sense of danger.
- Published: Nov 02 2006
- Pages: 288
- 198 x 141mm
- ISBN: 9781844083183
Press Reviews
- Guardian
Nina Bawden's readers should be numbered like the sands of the sea . . . This is a wonderfully satisfying novel, wise, tolerant, witty
- Observer
Marvellous . . . Funny, subtle, sympathetic
Christopher Wordsworth
GuardianOne of the wisest and most versatile of our novelists
- Kirkus Reviews
As in Walking Naked (1981) and Circles of Deceit, Bawden's contemporary truths, laced with a dark humor, fit-and pinch
- Publishers Weekly
Sharply observed and drawn with precision, Fanny's troubles and their eventual resolution make a compelling read
- Los Angeles Times
This funny, vicious, little novel is written not just for women, but for old women of all ages
- GUARDIAN
Nina Bawden's readers should be numbered like the sands of the sea . . . This is a wonderfully satisfying novel, wise, tolerant, witty
- OBSERVER
Marvellous . . . Funny, subtle, sympathetic
- CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH, GUARDIAN
One of the wisest and most versatile of our novelists