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Paper Moon Marion Husband

Paper Moon By Marion Husband

Paper Moon by Marion Husband


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Summary

The passionate love affair between Spitfire pilot Bobby Harris and photographer's model Nina Tate lasts through the turmoil of WWII, but is tested when his plane is shot down. This work explores the complexities of love and loyalty against a backdrop of a world transformed by war.

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Paper Moon by Marion Husband

This book is the winner of The Andrea Badenoch Fiction Award. The passionate love affair between Spitfire pilot Bobby Harris and photographer's model Nina Tate lasts through the turmoil of World War Two, but is tested when his plane is shot down. Disfigured and wanting to hide from the world, Bobby retreats from Bohemian Soho to the empty house his grandfather has left him, a house haunted by the secrets of Bobby's childhood, where the mysteries of his past are gradually unravelled and he discovers that love is more than skin deep. Following on from The Boy I Love, Marion Husband's highly acclaimed debut novel, Paper Moon explores the complexities of love and loyalty against a backdrop of a world transformed by war.

Paper Moon Reviews

This is an extraordinary novel. Beautifully controlled pacy prose carefully orchestrates the relationships of many well drawn characters and elegantly captures the atmosphere of England in 1946... This novel is perfect. MARGARET WILKINSON, NOVELIST

About Marion Husband

Winner of the first Andrea Badenoch Prize for Fiction in 2005 for Paper Moon, Marion graduated with distinction and won the Blackwell Prize for Best Performance for the MA in Creative Writing at Northumbria University in 2003. She currently teaches creative writing through the Open College of the Arts and has had poems and short stories published, most recently a pamphlet of poetry about her father and childhood entitled Service. Her first novel, The Boy I Love, was published in July 2005 to much critical acclaim. Marion is 43, married with two children and lives in the Tees Valley.

Additional information

GOR002847282
9781905170142
1905170149
Paper Moon by Marion Husband
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Headline Publishing Group
20060306
320
Winner of Andrea Badenoch Fiction Award 2005
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