The Orchard on Fire by Shena Mackay
When Percy and Betty Harlency abandon their steady Streatham pub for the Copper Kettle tearoom in Kent, life for their daughter, April, changes dramatically. She is befriended by the wonderfully dangerous Ruby, whose red hair and brutal home life emphasis her love of fire, and by the creepy but immaculately dressed Mr Greenridge, who likes to follow her around the village. Mingling the innocent with the sinister and laced with the tragic and the bizarre, this is a rare evocation of a 1950s childhood.
Shena Mackay was born in Edinburgh. She is the author of two novellas, four collections of short stories and eight novels. Her novel Dunedin and the collection of short stories, The Laughing Academy, won both Scottish Arts Council Book Awards and the bestselling The Orchard on Fire was shortlisted for the 1996 Booker Prize and the McVitie's prize. Her latest books are the acclaimed novel, The Artist's Widow, a collection of short stories, The World's Smallest Unicorn, and the novel Heligoland, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize 2003. Shena Mackay lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780434000678 |
| ISBN 10 | 0434000671 |
| Title | The Orchard on Fire |
| Author | Shena Mackay |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 1996-06-10 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Booker Prize for Fiction 1996 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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