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Naming the Stars, a duo companion with Two Moons
Jennifer Johnston
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Description for Naming the Stars, a duo companion with Two Moons
Paperback. Appearing exclusively together for the first time, one of Jennifer Johnston's best-loved novels TWO MOONS with her brand new, haunting novella NAMING THE STARS. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 29. Weight in Grams: 500. Good copy with some shelf wear
One of Ireland's best-loved novelists returns with a haunting novella of love, loss and memory Flora's father has been killed in the Battle of El Alamein, one of the many victims of the Second World War. For Flora and her mother, life will never be the same again. Now, it's just Flora - and Nellie, the family's life-long housekeeper - left; to reminisce in old age, and what really happened between Flora and her brother, Eddie, at the end of that long Irish summer. Appearing now with Jennifer Johnston's classic novel, TWO MOONS In a house ... Read more
One of Ireland's best-loved novelists returns with a haunting novella of love, loss and memory Flora's father has been killed in the Battle of El Alamein, one of the many victims of the Second World War. For Flora and her mother, life will never be the same again. Now, it's just Flora - and Nellie, the family's life-long housekeeper - left; to reminisce in old age, and what really happened between Flora and her brother, Eddie, at the end of that long Irish summer. Appearing now with Jennifer Johnston's classic novel, TWO MOONS In a house ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472234711
SKU
KKD0007873
Shipping Time
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About Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston is one of the foremost Irish writers of her, or any, generation. She has won the Whitbread Prize (THE OLD JEST), the Evening Standard Best First Novel Award (for THE CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS), the Yorkshire Post Award, Best Book of the Year (twice, for THE CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS and HOW MANY MILES TO BABYLON?). ... Read more
Reviews for Naming the Stars, a duo companion with Two Moons
The Costa prizewinner and Booker-shortlisted Johnston knows how to tell a story succinctly...[she writes with] the deceptive ease of a skilled craftswoman...further proof of her skill as a writer
Irish Independent
A very nearly perfect novel of broad, regretful vision and magical intimacy
Sunday Telegraph
Haunting... Johnston proves herself to be a writer not afraid to ... Read more
Irish Independent
A very nearly perfect novel of broad, regretful vision and magical intimacy
Sunday Telegraph
Haunting... Johnston proves herself to be a writer not afraid to ... Read more