Regatta by Libby Purves

Regatta by Libby Purves

Sheila Harrison always looks forward to the descent of the summer visitors onto 'Seafret', her tall brick house right on the front at Blythney, in East Anglia. She loves the way her spare bedrooms are full, from June to September, with successive waves of children - schoolfriends of her own three and the waifs and strays sent by the Country Hosts' Association. But Sheila is not prepared for the upheaval caused by one young girl, Anansi, who arrives from a background that Sheila can only guess at. Urban, streetwise, knowing beyond her years, Anansi refuses to be patronised by Sheila's well-meaning attempts to make her feel at home. She looks at Sheila, her family and friends, with eyes unclouded by familiarity - and drops a bombshell. Even when the dust has settled, summers will never be the same again.

. . an engrossing story about childhood, courage and reconciliation - Books Magazine

Ms Purves softens the sharp edges with a piquancy and humour which are truly brilliant - Gina Sykes, Huddersfield Examiner

Libby Purves has created a complex and appealing character in a novel which develops to an exciting conclusion - Vanessa Berridge, Woman & Home

Purves is at her most enjoyable when she is . . . displaying in her treatment of her characters, the mixture of generosity and common sense with which readers of her columns in The Times will already be familiar - Christina Koenig, The Times

poignant, intelligent and hilarious - Suffolk & Norfolk Life

She orchestrates it all with honesty, ingenuity and sardonic wit. Definitely one to take on holiday - Metro

Libby Purves is a writer and also a broadcaster who has presented the talk programme Midweek on Radio 4 since 1984 and formerly presented Today. She is a main columnist on the Times and in 1999 was named the Granada What the Papers Say Columnist of the Year, and awarded a O.B.E for services to journalism.

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ISBN 13	9780340718803
ISBN 10	0340718803
Title	Regatta
Author	Libby Purves
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton
Year published	1999-09-02
Number of pages	320
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