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Afternoon Of A Good Woman

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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 . . .

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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
 

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