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'There are few writers out there with the dexterity or emotional intelligence to rival that of the great Rose Tremain' John Boyne
A piercing novel about a young woman's search for freedom and her first love in 1960s Paris and London
How do you find the courage to make your own life?
Marianne Clifford, teenage daughter of a peppery army colonel and his vain wife, falls helplessly and absolutely for eighteen-year-old Simon Hurst, whose cleverness and physical beauty suggest that he will go forward into a successful and monied future, helped on by doting parents. But fate intervenes. Simon's plans are blown off course, he leaves for Paris and Marianne is forced to bury her dreams of a future together.
It is Marianne who tells this piercing story of first love, characterising herself as ignorant and unworthy, whilst her smart, ironic narration tellingly reveals so much more. Finding her way in 1960s Chelsea, and supported by her courageous Scottish friend, Petronella, she continues to seek the life she never stops craving. And in Paris, beneath his blithe exterior, Simon Hurst continues to nurse the secret which will alter everything.
'One of my favourite writers' Nina Stibbe
'Tremain is one of the best novelists writing today' Sara Collins
'Pulsatingly alive. . . no one can break your heart quite like this' Neel Mukherjee
'Rose Tremain's fiction is my gold-standard' Charlotte Mendelson
- Publisher Name:Vintage Publishing
- Product Format:Hardback
- ISBN: 9781784745202
- Author:Rose Tremain
- Publication Date:2023-09-21
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