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The Glorious Flight of Perdita Tree
Olivia Fane
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Description for The Glorious Flight of Perdita Tree
Paperback. Perdita Tree, the bored and beautiful wife of a Tory MP, believes that women should have a magic door through which they can walk into a different life. This book was featured at the Ways With Words Festival, Dartington, and the Chichester Festival, and was chosen for Waterstone's Summer Reads promotion, 2005. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 395.
'A captivating book - original, intelligent and very entertaining' Isabel Wolff
'Fane consistently focuses her smart, fluid prose and sophisticated thought on rendering a thoughtful, sorrowful and often highly amusing novel' The Times
Perdita Tree, the bored and beautiful wife of a Tory MP, believes that all women should have a magic door through which they can walk into a different life. So when she is kidnapped in Albania, she takes it in the spirit of one huge adventure. Adored by her kidnapper, who believes all things English are perfect, she is persuaded to rescue the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Maia Press
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904559139
SKU
V9781904559139
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Olivia Fane
OLIVIA FANE was born in 1960. She studied Classics at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, trained as a probation officer and worked as a psychiatric social worker. She lives with her husband and five sons in West Sussex. Her first novel, Landing on Clouds, combined intellectual ideas with clear, involving prose; it won a Betty Trask award, and drew comparisons with ... Read more
Reviews for The Glorious Flight of Perdita Tree
'Smart, fluid prose and sophisticated thought ... a thoughtful, sorrowful and highly amusing novel' Chris Power, The Times 'It races along at a rate of knots, leaving the reader smiling, satisfied and impressed' Fay Weldon 'A captivating book - original, intelligent and very entertaining' Isabel Wolff