Description
Sunday Times bestseller Tessa Hadley explores the big consequences of small events in this new collection 'Tessa Hadley is my favourite author' KATE ATKINSON Heloise's father died in a car crash when she was a little girl; at a dinner party in her forties, she meets someone connected to that long-ago tragedy. Janey's bohemian mother plans to marry a man close to Janey's own age - everything changes when an accident interrupts the wedding party. A daughter caring for her elderly mother during the pandemic becomes obsessed with the woman next door; in the wake of his best friend's death, a man must reassess his affair with the friend's wife. Teenager Cecilia wakes one morning on holiday with her parents in Florence and sees them for the first time through disenchanted eyes. These twelve stories plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tides and hidden undercurrents of ordinary relationships. 'Few writers give me such consistent pleasure' ZADIE SMITH 'Hadley is fantastically inventive . . . A magnificent collection' Daily Telegraph 'Wonderful . . . The quality of suspense and satisfaction in Hadley's stories is miraculous' Vogue , Books of the Year
| EAN: | 9781529922691 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 11.07.2024 |
| Autoren: | Hadley, Tessa |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 226 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Short Stories (single author) |
| Keyword: | kindle deals; quick reads; short book; quick reads paperback books; mothers day; gifts for mum; mothers day book; fiction books bestsellers; books for women; books for mum; short stories; stories; short story collection; short story; booker prize; booker prize winners; womens prize; sunday times bestsellers; best selling books; top 10 books; new books; sunday times bestseller list; literary fiction; relationships; family; family dynamics; best new books; best books; great books; book club books; book club recommendations; social stories; romantic fiction |
| Fachschema: | Englische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung |
| Fachkategorie: | Belletristik: Erzählungen, Kurzgeschichten, Short Stories~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Liebe und Beziehungen~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Psychologisches Innenleben |
| Imprint-Titels: | Vintage Books |
| Länge: | 196 mm |
| Breite: | 128 mm |
| Höhe: | 19 mm |