Come and Tell Me Some Lies by Raffaella Barker
Gabriella has many siblings and more animals. Her father is an impoverished poet with a penchant for mending cars with string and optimism, her mother a classicist now more concerned with trying to keep track of spiralling chaotic family life than the declining of verbs. Gabriella and her brothers run amuck through the attics and wilderness garden of their home, Mildney. Here she observes and experiences the triumphs and pitfalls of belonging to a wayward family, and longs for conformity. Her failure to achieve it is absolute.
She writes beautifully.. Combining, with apparent ease, emotion and admirable precision * Independent on Sunday *
The whole is suffused with love. To write well and with such open-hearted affection is an achievement * Observer *
The whole is suffused with love. To write well and with such open-hearted affection is an achievement * Observer *
Raffaella Barker is the daughter of novelist Elspeth and poet George Barker. She lives in Norfolk, and is a regular contributor to Country Life and the Sunday Telegraph.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780747264811 |
| ISBN 10 | 0747264813 |
| Title | Come and Tell Me Some Lies |
| Author | Raffaella Barker |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Headline Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2000-07-06 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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