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Item Details
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THE PICTURE BOOK
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| By: |
Jo Baker |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1846273811 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781846273810 |
| Publisher: |
GRANTA BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 2011 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
An epic, involving and exquisitely told story of inheritance and chance as it plays out in one family, across one century and four generations. |
| Synopsis: |
Set against the rolling backdrop of a century of British history from WWI to the 'War on Terror', this is a family portrait captured in snapshots. First there is William, the factory lad who loses his life in Gallipoli, then his son Billy, a champion cyclist who survives the D-Day Landings on a military bicycle, followed by his crippled son Will who becomes an Oxford academic in the 1960s, and finally his daughter Billie, an artist in contemporary London. Just as the names - William, Billy, Will, Billie - echo down through the family, so too the legacy of choices made, chances lost, and secrets kept. Rich in drama and sensuous in detail, "The Picture Book" is a beautifully crafted story about fathers and sons, about fate and repetition, and about the possibility of breaking free. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Portobello Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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