- Newly Added Audiobooks
- Hidden gems
- Most Popular Audiobooks
- Try Something Different
- Take Good Care of Yourself
- Biographies
- See all
-
Description
-
Creators
-
Details
'There is no mistaking Trapido's narrative talent: racy, vibrant and witty' - Guardian
'Reading it is rather like being bombarded with sequins' - Observer
________________________
Ali Bobrow is a single parent with a fraught nine-year-old daughter, a malevolent ex with a grabby new wife, and an underused artistic talent. A pushover when it comes to needy neighbours and uninvited children, she allows her house to be the local drop-in centre, until she collides with Noah Glazer.
A solid man of science, Noah walks into Ali's life bringing good sense, order and security. But ten years on, Ali is drawn back into the complexities of her past: an old lover, two ex-spouses, a colleague from clown school and a small smuggled cat all help to rock the boat.
________________________
'The plot's interplay of flashbacks and digressions, which prompt bright dialogue and dark complications, recalls Matisse's line and palette. Some sentences can be relished in isolation, like fine brushwork' - New Yorker
'Full of wisecracks, efficiency, carnal delights, and love of children ... warm and comic' - The Times
'Funny, sexy, glowing' - TimeOut
- Barbara Trapido - Author
- Helen Dunmore - Author of introduction, etc.
OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781408829011
- Release date: December 1, 2011
EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781408829011
- File size: 2000 KB
- Release date: December 1, 2011