The Ice House by Nina Bawden
'A darkly comedic tale of adultery that features a dangerously "good" and disciplined heroine' KIRKUS REVIEWS 'Throughout her career Bawden has concentrated on the careful depiction of character, feelings and behaviour' GUARDIAN At fifteen, Daisy, confident and cherished, is appalled to hear that Ruth's father locked her in the old garden ice house as a childhood punishment: no wonder her friend shelters in make believe. The revelation of that primitive cruelty cements a friendship in which protection plays no small part. Years later, middle aged, they remain close friends and live on the same street. So when Daisy's husband dies suddenly, Ruth's discovery that the marriage was unhappy is the first stage in the unravelling of the certainties she has wrapped around her adult life. Friendship, love, marriage and above all, the scorching effects of adultery, come under the microscope in this dextrous novel. Journeying from a terrifying suburban household to its unexpected conclusion in the Egyptian Pharaoh's tombs, The Ice House is startling, tragic and humorous by turns.
Nina Bawden's great talent is to be able to take you along a perfectly ordinary street, rip the façade away and show the strange and passionate events that go on behind closed doors * Daily Telegraph *
Throughout her career Bawden has concentrated on the careful depiction of character, feelings and behaviour * Guardian *
As in Walking Naked (1982), Bawden again attends the dying falls--and pratfalls--of middle-age. . with a darkly comedic tale of adultery that features a dangerously good and disciplined heroine * Kirkus Reviews *
Throughout her career Bawden has concentrated on the careful depiction of character, feelings and behaviour * Guardian *
As in Walking Naked (1982), Bawden again attends the dying falls--and pratfalls--of middle-age. . with a darkly comedic tale of adultery that features a dangerously good and disciplined heroine * Kirkus Reviews *
Nina Bawden (1925-2012), CBE, was one of Britain's most distinguished and best-loved novelists, both for adults and children (Peppermint Pig and Carrie's War being among her most famous books for young people). She has published over forty novels and an autobiography, In My Own Time. She was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Circles of Deceit and her novel Family Money was filmed by Channel 4, starring Claire Boom and June Whitfield. In 2004 she received the S. T. Dupont Golden Pen Award for a Lifetime's Contribution to Literature.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844084333 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844084337 |
| Title | The Ice House |
| Author | Nina Bawden |
| Series | Virago Modern Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2006-11-02 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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