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Dancing in a Distant Place
Isla Dewar
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Description for Dancing in a Distant Place
Paperback. A novel filled with warmth, wit and sharply observed characters Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
When Iris Chisholm arrives in the tiny Highland community of Green Cairns, she's still in a state of shock - not so much from her husband's untimely death as from the discovery that he'd gambled away all their money and even their home. In addressing the problems of the children at the school where she becomes the only teacher, Iris finds distraction from her worries. Further distractions come in the shape of golden-tongued lawyer Michael and the gentle handyman, Chas. The locals are deliciously outraged at the scandal of a schoolmarm who seems to have a sex life, while so ... Read more
When Iris Chisholm arrives in the tiny Highland community of Green Cairns, she's still in a state of shock - not so much from her husband's untimely death as from the discovery that he'd gambled away all their money and even their home. In addressing the problems of the children at the school where she becomes the only teacher, Iris finds distraction from her worries. Further distractions come in the shape of golden-tongued lawyer Michael and the gentle handyman, Chas. The locals are deliciously outraged at the scandal of a schoolmarm who seems to have a sex life, while so ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780755300808
SKU
V9780755300808
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Isla Dewar
Isla Dewar is the author of many acclaimed novels including Keeping up with Magda, Dancing in a Distant Place, Secrets of a Family Album and Women Talking Dirty. Women Talking Dirty was made into a film starring Eileen Atkins, Helen Bonham Carter, Gina McKee and James Nesbitt. Isla lives in Fife with her cartoonist husband.
Reviews for Dancing in a Distant Place
'A delightful, beautifully realised read' Bookseller
Bookseller
'Dewar is an accessible storyteller with a wry sense of the comic... Comfortable and sweet'
Kirkus Reviews
Bookseller
'Dewar is an accessible storyteller with a wry sense of the comic... Comfortable and sweet'
Kirkus Reviews