The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey

The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey

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An unforgettable love story brimming with politics and passion, hope and despair, set over fifty years in Trinidad

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The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey

When George and Sabine Harwood arrive in Trinidad from England George instantly takes to their new life, but Sabine feels isolated, heat-fatigued, and ill at ease with the racial segregation and the imminent dawning of a new era. Her only solace is her growing fixation with Eric Williams, the charismatic leader of Trinidad's new national party, to whom she pours out all her hopes and fears for the future in letters that she never brings herself to send. As the years progress, George and Sabine's marriage endures for better or worse. When George discovers Sabine's cache of letters, he realises just how many secrets she's kept from him - and he from her - over the decades. And he is seized by an urgent, desperate need to prove his love for her, with tragic consequences...
Monique Roffey was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and educated in the UK. Her highly acclaimed debut novel, Sun Dog, was published in 2002. Since then she has worked as a Centre Director for the Arvon Foundation and has held the post of Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Sussex and Chichester universities. She currently lives in Harlesden, north London, where she spends most of the day in her pyjamas, writing. www.moniqueroffey.co.uk
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ISBN 13 9781847375001
ISBN 10 1847375006
Title The White Woman on the Green Bicycle
Author Monique Roffey
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd
Year published 2009-07-06
Number of pages 448
Prizes Short-listed for Orange Prize for Fiction 2010
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.