Talking to the Dead by Helen Dunmore

Talking to the Dead by Helen Dunmore

Regular price
Checking stock...
Regular price
Checking stock...
Summary

While Isabel is convalescing from a difficult birth and resultant hysterectomy, her sister Nina comes to stay. This book revolves around the daughter of the local farmer and mother's help, Edward, Isabel's gay friend and confidant and Isabel's husband to whom Nina finds herself deeply attracted.

The feel-good place to buy books
  • Free US shipping over $15
  • Buying preloved emits 41% less CO2 than new
  • Millions of affordable books
  • Give your books a new home - sell them back to us!

Talking to the Dead by Helen Dunmore

Isabel and Nina. Inseparable since childhood. Sisters. Bound together by a tragedy, the knowledge of which could destroy their adult lives. Brought together one burning hot summer, by the birth of Isabel's first child, tensions are brought to the surface and obsessions take root as Nina embarks on an affair with her sister's husband.
Helen Dunmore lives in Bristol. She is an award winning poet and novelist. Her adult novels, all published by Penguin, are; ZENNOR IN DARKNESS, which was awarded the McKitterick Prize in 1994, BURNING BRIGHT and A SPELL OF WINTER, which won the 1996Orange Prize for Fiction.
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780140258257
ISBN 10 0140258256
Title Talking to the Dead
Author Helen Dunmore
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1997-06-05
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.