Secrets of a Family Album by Isla Dewar
A wonderful, richly textured story focusing on several generations of one family through a year of their lives. At the heart of the novel is Lily: sister of Marie (three children, no husband) and Rory (doesn't want to come home for Christmas as he knows it will all be platform kisses and catch-up conversations); wife of Art (cool and laid back, everything Lily would like to be and just isn't); daughter of Mattie and John (in domestic chaos - have just learned that their pensions will be about half of what they anticipated and that they face penury in their old age); granddaughter of Grandpa (lives a secret Internet life posing as a much younger man). It's when Grandpa accidentally pops the TV remote in the post that the family's troubles really begin...
She is a fine observer of the nuances of family life - the rivalries and jealousy, the struggles for power and affectionShe evokes atmosphere and place powerfully... Her characters are warm and lovably eccentric - Scotland on Sunday
Isla Dewar was born in Edinburgh. She wrote articles for megazines and newspapers for many years before she wrote her first novel, Keeping Up With Magda, in 1995. She lives in Fife with her husband, a cartoonist; they have two sons.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780755300815 |
| ISBN 10 | 0755300815 |
| Title | Secrets of a Family Album |
| Author | Isla Dewar |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Headline Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2004-09-06 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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