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Come and Tell Me Some Lies
Raffaella Barker
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Description for Come and Tell Me Some Lies
Paperback. Gabriella has many siblings and more animals. Her father is an impoverished poet, her mother a classicist. This is the story of Gabriella and her brothers, and their unorthodox childhood in this wayward family. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
The classic story of a chaotic, creative family 'The whole is suffused with love. To write well and with such open-hearted affection is an achievement' Observer 'A funny, though sometimes melancholy, story of irresponsible and drunken bohemianism ... A clever and touching debut' Guardian Gabriella lives in a damp, ramshackle, book-strewn farmhouse in Norfolk with her tempestuous poet father and unconventional mother. Alongside her ever expanding set of siblings and half-siblings, numerous pets and her father’s rag-tag admirers, Gabriella navigates a chaotic childhood of wild bohemian parties and fluctuating levels of poverty. Longing to be normal, ... Read more
The classic story of a chaotic, creative family 'The whole is suffused with love. To write well and with such open-hearted affection is an achievement' Observer 'A funny, though sometimes melancholy, story of irresponsible and drunken bohemianism ... A clever and touching debut' Guardian Gabriella lives in a damp, ramshackle, book-strewn farmhouse in Norfolk with her tempestuous poet father and unconventional mother. Alongside her ever expanding set of siblings and half-siblings, numerous pets and her father’s rag-tag admirers, Gabriella navigates a chaotic childhood of wild bohemian parties and fluctuating levels of poverty. Longing to be normal, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408850671
SKU
KSS0008148
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Raffaella Barker
Raffaella Barker, daughter of the poet George Barker, was born and brought up in the Norfolk countryside. She is the author of seven acclaimed novels: Come and Tell Me Some Lies, The Hook, Hens Dancing, Summertime, Green Grass, A Perfect Life and Poppyland. She has also written a novel for young adults, Phosphorescence. ... Read more
Reviews for Come and Tell Me Some Lies
A gentle, charming account of a family of cosmopolitan sophistication living in a rural shambles
Evening Standard
The whole is suffused with love. To write well and with such open-hearted affection is an achievement
Observer
A funny, though sometimes melancholy, story of irresponsible and drunken bohemianism
Guardian
I love Raffaella Barker's books - so ... Read more
Evening Standard
The whole is suffused with love. To write well and with such open-hearted affection is an achievement
Observer
A funny, though sometimes melancholy, story of irresponsible and drunken bohemianism
Guardian
I love Raffaella Barker's books - so ... Read more