First Love by Gwendoline Riley
'A singular, devastating journey into the ungovernable reaches of the heart' Observer SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017 Neve is a writer in her mid-30s married to an older man, Edwyn. For now they are in a place of relative peace, but their past battles have left scars. As Neve recalls the decisions that led her to this marriage, she tells of other loves and other debts, from her bullying father and her self-involved mother to a musician who played her and a series of lonely flights from place to place. Drawing the reader into the battleground of her relationship, Neve spins a story of helplessness and hostility, an ongoing conflict in which both husband and wife have played a part. But is this, nonetheless, also a story of love?
Gwendoline Riley was born in London in 1979. She is the author of the novels Cold Water, Sick Notes, Joshua Spassky and Opposed Positions. Her writing has won a Betty Trask Award and a Somerset Maugham Award, and has been shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781783783243 |
| ISBN 10 | 1783783249 |
| Title | First Love |
| Author | Gwendoline Riley |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Granta Books |
| Year published | 2017-09-07 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Prizes | Winner of Geoffrey Faber Prize 2018 (UK), Short-listed for The Gordon Burn Prize 2017 (UK), Short-listed for Dylan Thomas Prize 2018 (UK) |
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