Other Side Of The Bridge

BY THE AUTHOR OF CROW LAKE'Like the great 19th-century novelists of provincial life, Mary Lawson is fluent in the desperate intensity of the small, individual dramas of respectable people - and she paints an eloquent picture' Sunday TelegraphArthur and Jake: brothers, yet worlds apart. Arthur is older, shy, dutiful, and set to inherit his father's farm. Jake is younger and reckless, a dangerous man to know. When Laura arrives in their 1930s rural community, an already uneasy relationship is driven to breaking point...'Evokes beautifully the big joys and sorrows of most people, no matter how small their town' The Times'Discreetly powerful' Ruth Scurr, Daily Telegraph'This is a fine book - an enthralling read, both straightforward and wonderfully intricate' Penelope Lively, Guardian'A subtly-wrought affair of complex relationships, hard times and shocking events' Independent

M. Lawson (Auteur) - Verschenen op 01/08/2007 bij Vintage Uk