Mothering Sunday A Romance |
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Author:
| Swift, Graham |
ISBN: | 978-1-68324-056-3 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2016 |
Publisher: | Center Point Large Print
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $37.95 |
Book Description:
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Booker Prize-winning author A luminous, intensely moving tale that begins with a secret lovers' assignation in the spring of 1924, then unfolds to reveal the whole of a remarkable life. Twenty-two-year-old Jane Fairchild has worked as a maid at an English country house since she was sixteen. For almost all of those years she has been the clandestine lover to Paul Sheringham, young heir of a neighboring house. The two now meet on an unseasonably warm March day - Mothering Sunday - a day...
More DescriptionBooker Prize-winning author A luminous, intensely moving tale that begins with a secret lovers' assignation in the spring of 1924, then unfolds to reveal the whole of a remarkable life. Twenty-two-year-old Jane Fairchild has worked as a maid at an English country house since she was sixteen. For almost all of those years she has been the clandestine lover to Paul Sheringham, young heir of a neighboring house. The two now meet on an unseasonably warm March day - Mothering Sunday - a day that will change Jane's life forever. As the narrative moves back and forth from 1924 to the end of the century, what we know and understand about Jane - about the way she loves, thinks, feels, sees, remembers - expands with every vividly captured moment. Her story is one of profound self-discovery, and through her, Graham Swift has created an emotionally soaring, deeply affecting work of fiction.