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Spanning war-torn 1940s Liverpool to present-day Oxford, this is the story of deep human connections, to our pasts, to our romantic partnerships, and to ourselves. Malcolm has held on to a secret for more than fifty years, a letter his sister Sophy passed to him on her death bed. He had promised to give it to a lover she had met on the night of the Liverpool Blitz. A night that altered the course of her life. But the letter was never delivered. Now after so many years of denial Malcolm has decided to tell Sophy''s daughter Agnes her mother''s secret. It is the day of Agnes''s daughter''s wedding party. The ghosts of her past and all the strange emotions of the family reunion wrap around her thoughts. Until she is distracted by a hand on her arm, the hand of her uncle Malcolm, holding out an envelope for her to take . . . Told from multiple perspectives, Interpretations of Love is the story of a letter and our endless search for the stories that we have lost.
About the author
Jane grew up in Zambia and Cape Town and read English at Oxford. She has worked as a Group Analyst, teaching and training and lecturing internationally, for nearly forty years. Cat Brushing is her first collection.
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The octogenarian's novel Interpretations of Love, set in the 1940s, has moving things to say about grief Independent (Biggest read for July)
