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Girl In A Garden Lesley Chamberlain

Girl In A Garden By Lesley Chamberlain

Girl In A Garden by Lesley Chamberlain


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Summary

'A magnificent novel, written without sentimentality, that provides a deep insight into the mind of a very unconventional eleven-year-old girl. I read it breathlessly.' Ivan Klima

Girl In A Garden Summary

Girl In A Garden by Lesley Chamberlain

It's 1961 and something has gone badly wrong at 17 Esper Road. Charles is in search of a better world but his wife Emma hankers after parties in Spain and the latest fashions. All they have in common is their disappointing tomboy daughter, Linka, who sits at the foot of the garden, making weapons from dead branches and longing for beautiful and violent escape...

Britain is poised for the upheavals of the 1960s. The future has a bright surface but darker forces pulse below. When Linka and her mother both fall in love with a Polish refugee, their fragile family life is shattered. Linka knows she must fight to protect her own dreams. Girl in a Garden is a story of secret wars as only a child can detect them.

About Lesley Chamberlain

Lesley Chamberlain is a writer and reviewer distinguished for her wide-ranging work from travel (In the Communist Mirror) to philosophy (Nietzsche in Turin). In 1998 she published a collection of Russian stories, In a Place Like That, described as 'a brilliant book...a touching and humorous requiem to a lost world' (TLS). She is working on Shipped, a forthcoming non-fiction title for Atlantic Books. Girl in a Garden is her first novel.

Additional information

GOR006665642
9781843541028
1843541025
Girl In A Garden by Lesley Chamberlain
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Atlantic Books
2003-07-10
256
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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