Coming Home by Sue Gee

Coming Home by Sue Gee

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Summary

A family story in the vein of Penelope Lively following an English couple 'coming home' from India in 1944, attempting to make their way in a changed Britain.

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Coming Home by Sue Gee

Spring, 1947. In a few months' time the British flag will be lowered all over India, and with Independence thousands of those who made their lives there - as planters, civil servants, or in the Indian army - will be returning to England. Among those coming home, as everyone speaks of it, are Will and Flo Sutherland, who fell in love at the end of the war. India has been the defining experience of their lives: how will they make a new life now? Sue Gee's new novel is filled with pathos and humour, beautifully evoking an all-but vanished world.
'[An] elegantly written, sympathetic, quietly sensational tale' * Daily Mail *
'Powerful and convincing.. A compelling story with subtle characterisation and engaging humanity' * Daily Express *
'Gentle, evocative and totally involving' * Woman & Home *
A compelling read, Coming Home will awaken all your senses * Independent *
Sue Gee is the author of nine previous novels, including The Mysteries of Glass, long-listed for the 2005 Orange Prize for Fiction, and Reading in Bed (2008), which also received wide acclaim; and a short story collection, Last Fling (2011). She is a mentor on the Write to Life programme at Freedom from Torture, and teaches at the Faber Academy.She lives in London and Herefordshire.
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ISBN 13 9781472207128
ISBN 10 1472207122
Title Coming Home
Author Sue Gee
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Headline Publishing Group
Year published 2014-05-22
Number of pages 448
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.