The Backward Shadow by Lynne Reid Banks
Jane has had her baby and is living along with him in a country cottage. Her idyllic time there is soon complicated by the arrival of Toby, the love of her life, and her friend Dorothy. The two women start up a shop in the village, and it is their changing fortunes and feelings for the men on whom so much of their lives are staked which form the core of this funny and vivdly-told novel. The Backward Shadow is a worthy sequel to The L-Shaped Room
Characters so lively and believable they give the impression of wanting to jump right out of the page and run * Guardian *
Lynne Reid Banks is one of the most readable, delightfull and accomplished novelists writing today -- Edna O'Brien
Lynne Reid Banks is one of the most readable, delightfull and accomplished novelists writing today -- Edna O'Brien
Lynne Reid Banks was born in London in 1929 and was evacuated to the Canadian prairies during the war. On her return to England she studied at RADA and was an actress in the early 1950s; later she became one of the first two women reporters on British television. Her first book, The L-Shaped Room, was published in 1960 and was an instant and lasting best-seller. Lynne Reid Banks is also a best-selling author of books for children and young adults. Her classic children's novel, The Indian in the Cupboard, has sold over ten million copies worldwide. She lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099529071 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099529076 |
| Title | The Backward Shadow |
| Author | Lynne Reid Banks |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2010-11-04 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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