Falling Short by Lex Coulton

Falling Short by Lex Coulton

'Vastly enjoyable' Daily Mail Frances Pilgrim's father went missing when she was five, and ever since all sorts of things have been going astray: car keys, promotions, a series of underwhelming and unsuitable boyfriends . . . Now here she is, thirty-bloody-nine, teaching Shakespeare to rowdy sixth formers and still losing things. But she has a much more pressing problem. Her mother, whose odd behaviour Frances has long put down to eccentricity, is slowly yielding to Alzheimer's, leaving Frances with some disturbing questions about her father's disappearance, and the family history she's always believed in. Frances could really do with someone to talk to. Ideally Jackson: fellow teacher, dedicated hedonist, erstwhile best friend. Only they haven't spoken since that night last summer when things got complicated . . . As the new school year begins, and her mother's behaviour becomes more and more erratic, Frances realises that she might just have a chance to find something for once. But will it be what she's looking for?

A remarkable book: warm, moving and very funny * Jess Kidd *
Taking up the mantle of acute, humane observation from Muriel Spark, Falling Short is funny, engaging and beautifully writtenA really refreshing read * M. L. Stedman *
A vastly enjoyable two-hander that smuggles a sober exploration of grief and regret under a classroom comedy that follows two shambling, wine-sozzled teachers, Frances and Jackson * Daily Mail *

Lex Coulton studied English and later creative writing at Oxford. She spent fourteen years teaching English in secondary schools before taking a sabbatical year in Paris, to focus on her writing. Lex grew up in Herefordshire, and has recently returned to live there with her husband, John, and their dogs Bazil and Sadie.

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ISBN 13	9781473669581
ISBN 10	1473669588
Title	Falling Short
Author	Lex Coulton
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	John Murray Press
Year published	2018-06-14
Number of pages	304
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