Appealingly spirited... Sparkiness, freshness and verve

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'Appealingly spirited... Sparkiness, freshness and verve' Mail on Sunday

Ellen Quinn kept her sanity in the suffocating Edinburgh suburb where she grew up by imagining it was a hotbed of intrigue. A neglected child, she's still looking for love as an adult; and so she finds herself married to Daniel. How could she know that he would misbehave?

Cora O'Brien is the total opposite; outrageous and outspoken, she inspires the children she teaches with her enthusiasm. The city can't soften her Highland lilt but her lifestyle would raise a few eyebrows back home. But her vividness is a façade: most of her secrets she's still keeping to herself.

Fast friends from the start, Ellen and Cora may have plenty to learn about life, but they always have vodka and each other to talk to when the unexpected happens...

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A perceptive, wildly funny and deeply moving novel
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A perceptive, wildly funny and deeply moving novel

Product details

ISBN
9780747251132
Published
1996-10-10
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group; Headline Review
Weight
188 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
128 mm
Thickness
16 mm
Age
00, G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
256

Author

Biographical note

Isla Dewar is the author of many acclaimed novels including Keeping up with Magda, Dancing in a Distant Place, Secrets of a Family Album and Women Talking Dirty. Women Talking Dirty was made into a film starring Eileen Atkins, Helen Bonham Carter, Gina McKee and James Nesbitt.

Isla lives in Fife with her cartoonist husband.