Close Company by Caroline Heaton

Close Company by Caroline Heaton

Regular price
Checking stock...
Regular price
Checking stock...
Summary

Reissue of this highly successful collection of short stories about the ties that bind mothers and daughters, by some of the best known women writers

The feel-good place to buy books
  • Free US shipping over $15
  • Buying preloved emits 41% less CO2 than new
  • Millions of affordable books
  • Give your books a new home - sell them back to us!

Close Company by Caroline Heaton

In this stunning collection of stories about mothers and daughters the world over, tales of pleasure and sadness, devotion and ambivalence, mix just as they do in real life. Ranging widely in time and place, the twenty-five stories here offer intriguing and moving perspectives on this complex and powerful bond. Authors include Margaret Atwood, Colette, Janet Frame, Zhang Jie, Sylvia Plath and Jeanette Winterson.
'Rich and culturally diverse.. It succeeds beautifully as a collection' LISTENER 'An outstanding collection ... ranges far and wide in time and place to produce such a rich diversity of culture and viewpoint ... challenging and fascinating' CAROL BIRCH
Christine Park has published two novels and has taught courses in editing. She is working on her third novel in Vancouver where she now lives. Caroline Heaton has worked as a reader, reviewer and librarian. She lives in London.
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780860688884
ISBN 10 0860688887
Title Close Company
Author Caroline Heaton
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Year published 1987-11-02
Number of pages 320
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.