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The Heart Is a Burial Ground

Tamara Colchester

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Description:'There is an addictive pungency to this exotic tale of lives lived loudly' Sunday Times'The remarkable life of Caresse Crosby, now retold by her great-granddaughter' ObserverA vivid and inventive debut novel about four generations of women in a family, their past and their legacy, which evokes the work of Kate Atkinson, Tessa Hadley and Virginia Baily.'I will describe it as best I can. This is their story. Or perhaps just mine. Let us begin, again . . .'On a brisk day in 1970, a daughter arrives at her mother’s home to take care of her as she nears the end of her life. ‘Home’ is the sprawling Italian castle of Roccasinibalda , and Diana ’s mother is the legendary Caresse Crosby , one half of literature’s most scandalous couple in 1920s Paris, widow of Harry Crosby , the American heir, poet and publisher who epitomised the ‘Lost Generation’. But it was not only Harry who was lost. Their incendiary love story concealed a darkness that marked mercurial Diana and still burns through the through Diana's troubled daughters Elena and Leonie , and Elena’s young children. Moving between the decades, between France, Italy and the Channel Islands, Tamara Colchester’s debut novel is an unforgettably powerful portrait of a line of extraordinary women , and the inheritance they give their daughters.' Sensual, evocative and rich with observational truth, this is a vivid and intricate portrait of three extraordinary women' Jeremy Page, author of Salt'Evocative' Good Housekeeping'This is a bold, striking and confident novel filled with vivid, sometimes shocking, scenes. It spans decades, generations and continents without ever feeling disjointed. This is a stunning introduction to an intriguing new voice in British fiction , who does real justice to her prodigious forebear' Netgalley reviewer We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Heart Is a Burial Ground. To get started finding The Heart Is a Burial Ground, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 279

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Scribner UK

Release: 2018

ISBN: 1471165736

Description: 'There is an addictive pungency to this exotic tale of lives lived loudly' Sunday Times'The remarkable life of Caresse Crosby, now retold by her great-granddaughter' ObserverA vivid and inventive debut novel about four generations of women in a family, their past and their legacy, which evokes the work of Kate Atkinson, Tessa Hadley and Virginia Baily.'I will describe it as best I can. This is their story. Or perhaps just mine. Let us begin, again . . .'On a brisk day in 1970, a daughter arrives at her mother’s home to take care of her as she nears the end of her life. ‘Home’ is the sprawling Italian castle of Roccasinibalda , and Diana ’s mother is the legendary Caresse Crosby , one half of literature’s most scandalous couple in 1920s Paris, widow of Harry Crosby , the American heir, poet and publisher who epitomised the ‘Lost Generation’. But it was not only Harry who was lost. Their incendiary love story concealed a darkness that marked mercurial Diana and still burns through the through Diana's troubled daughters Elena and Leonie , and Elena’s young children. Moving between the decades, between France, Italy and the Channel Islands, Tamara Colchester’s debut novel is an unforgettably powerful portrait of a line of extraordinary women , and the inheritance they give their daughters.' Sensual, evocative and rich with observational truth, this is a vivid and intricate portrait of three extraordinary women' Jeremy Page, author of Salt'Evocative' Good Housekeeping'This is a bold, striking and confident novel filled with vivid, sometimes shocking, scenes. It spans decades, generations and continents without ever feeling disjointed. This is a stunning introduction to an intriguing new voice in British fiction , who does real justice to her prodigious forebear' Netgalley reviewer We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Heart Is a Burial Ground. To get started finding The Heart Is a Burial Ground, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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