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Civil and Strange
Clair Ni Aonghusa
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Description for Civil and Strange
Paperback. Longing to escape an unhappy marriage and an interfering mother, Ellen returns to the small village where she spent her summer holidays. Ellen makes good friends and she finds out how sustaining village life can be. But she also sees its narrow side when she, tentatively, starts a new relationship and becomes the focus of gossip. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408. Well read, but remains good
Longing to escape an unhappy marriage and an interfering mother, Ellen hopes to recapture the magic of her childhood when she returns to the small village where she spent her summer holidays. Her elderly uncle welcomes her with the rather mystifying advice to play it 'civil and strange' - meaning she should be polite to people, but keep her distance. Ellen makes good friends and she finds out how sustaining village life can be. But she also sees its narrow side when she, tentatively, starts a new relationship and becomes the focus of gossip. Her uncle's words resonate in ... Read more
Longing to escape an unhappy marriage and an interfering mother, Ellen hopes to recapture the magic of her childhood when she returns to the small village where she spent her summer holidays. Her elderly uncle welcomes her with the rather mystifying advice to play it 'civil and strange' - meaning she should be polite to people, but keep her distance. Ellen makes good friends and she finds out how sustaining village life can be. But she also sees its narrow side when she, tentatively, starts a new relationship and becomes the focus of gossip. Her uncle's words resonate in ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844881956
SKU
KST0004063
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Clair Ni Aonghusa
Cláir Ní Aonghusa is an award-winning poet and short-story writer and has twice been shortlisted for the Hennessy / Sunday Tribune Emerging Fiction Writer Award.
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