The Space Between - Brossura

Billington, Rachel

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0752859323 ISBN 13: 9780752859323

Casa editrice: Orion, 2005

Riassunto

From the critically acclaimed author, a stylish and compelling novel about a woman making a new life for herself.

Alice Lightfoot is far too young to be a widow and a grandmother. Perhaps she'd been too young to be a wife, although she was happy enough at the time. Now, nearly three years after her husband's death, the world suddenly seems to be changing.

Her daughter expects Alice's life to revolve around her grandchild, Lily, and everyone else seems to think that Alice must be looking for a new husband - after all, she's such a WIFE. There doesn't seem to be space to decide what Alice wants for herself: does she want a man around, or would independence give her the full life she craves?

Alice is a woman at a turning-point, coming out from the protection of a long marriage into the hurly-burly of the wider world. She has far-reaching choices to make and the seriously unexpected to face...

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Descrizione del libro

From the critically acclaimed author, a stylish and compelling novel about a woman making a new life for herself.

L'autore

Rachel Billington has published twenty novels and nine books for children, as well as several non-fiction works. She is also a regular journalist, feature writer and reviewer. She is co-editor of Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners and a Vice-President of English PEN. She has four children and five grandchildren and lives in London and Dorset.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Orion
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0752859323
• ISBN 13: 9780752859323
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320