Afternoon Of A Good Woman

Zusatztext So intelligent and clear-eyed that every page seems to peel another layer of pretence! social custom or humbug from the surface of the life it describes Informationen zum Autor Nina Bawden (1925-2012), CBE, was one of Britain's most distinguished and best-loved novelists, both for adults and children ( Peppermint Pig and Carrie's War being among her most famous books for young people). She has published over forty novels and an autobiography, I n My Own Time . She was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Circles of Deceit and her novel Family Money was filmed by Channel 4, starring Claire Boom and June Whitfield. In 2004 she received the S. T. Dupont Golden Pen Award for a Lifetime's Contribution to Literature. Klappentext * An engaging novel about public appearance and private behaviour not always matching up... 'One of the wisest and most versatile of our novelists ... an intriguing achievement' CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH, THE GUARDIAN 'So intelligent and clear-eyed that every page seems to peel another layer of pretence, social custom or humbug from the surface of the life it describes' ISABEL QUIGLEY, FINANCIAL TIMES Vorwort An engaging novel about public appearance and private behaviour not always matching up . . . Zusammenfassung An engaging novel about public appearance and private behaviour not always matching up . . .

Product details

• Authors: Nina Bawden Deceased, Nina Bawden
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 02.11.2006
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9781844084265
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-426-5
• Pages: 192
• Dimensions (packing): 12.6 x 20.2 x 1.4 cm
• Series: VMC > 2286; VMC > 2286; Virago modern classics
• Subjects: FICTION / Women, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Humorous / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, Family life fiction, Humorous fiction