The Language of Others by Clare Morrall
The world is a puzzling, sometimes frightening place for Jessica Fontaine. As a child she only finds contentment in playing the piano and wandering alone in the empty spaces of Audlands Hall, the dilapidated country house where she grows up. Twenty-five years later, divorced, with her son still living at home, Jessica remains preoccupied by the desire to create space around her. Then her volatile ex-husband reappears, the first of several surprises that both transform Jessica's present and give her a startling new perspective on the past. THE LANGUAGE OF OTHERS tells the absorbing story of a woman who spends much of her life feeling that she is out of step with the real world, until she discovers why. Related with humour and compassion, it offers a fresh, illuminating insight into what it means to be 'normal'.
Praise for NATURAL FLIGHTS OF THE HUMAN MIND --'A powerful reflection on shame, revenge and the consequences of our actions. Like a latter-day George Eliot, Morrall has a gift for creating a moving story out of potentially unpromising material ... a writer of real talent.' -- Daily Mail 'Pacey and page turning. Absorbing and beautifully written' -- Daily Express 'Gripping ... Morrall is in complete command of her complex material' -- Times Literary Supplement 'Warm, witty and a testament to the human spirit' -- Australian 'NATURAL FLIGHTS OF THE HUMAN MIND is solid, satisfying and skillfully plotted, with a cast of wholly believable characters. As the tension mounts, NATURAL FLIGHTS really takes off. At its helm, Morrall comes into her own; steering a shuddering, febrile last chapter into an elegant denouement.' -- The Times
Clare Morrall's first novel, ASTONISHING SPLASHES OF COLOUR, was published by Tindal Street Press in 2003 and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Her second novel, NATURAL FLIGHTS OF THE HUMAN MIND, was published by Sceptre in 2006. Born in Exeter, she now lives in Birmingham where she works as a music teacher, and has two grown-up children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340896655 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340896655 |
| Title | The Language of Others |
| Author | Clare Morrall |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2008-03-06 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
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