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Description for Still Here
Paperback.
Alix, arrogant, middle-aged and angry comes home to the derelict port of Liverpool as her mother lies dying. Irritably resigned to living alone for the rest of her life she suddenly finds herself erotically attracted to a stranger. Joseph is an American architect who has come to the city to build a hotel. Refusing to accept that his wife has left him or the trauma of a war he once fought in, the question is whether these survivors of the battles of the Seventies are meant for each other or not. And what happened to a factory in Dresden which ... Read more
Alix, arrogant, middle-aged and angry comes home to the derelict port of Liverpool as her mother lies dying. Irritably resigned to living alone for the rest of her life she suddenly finds herself erotically attracted to a stranger. Joseph is an American architect who has come to the city to build a hotel. Refusing to accept that his wife has left him or the trauma of a war he once fought in, the question is whether these survivors of the battles of the Seventies are meant for each other or not. And what happened to a factory in Dresden which ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349116167
SKU
KNW0010704
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Linda Grant
Winner of The Orange Prize and The David Higham Award, Linda Grant is the author of two works of non-fiction and two previous novels, The Cast Iron Shore and When I Lived in Modern Times. She was born in Liverpool.
Reviews for Still Here
'It's a testament to Grant's skill that she can create a novel at once so serious and so readable' Independent on Sunday 'A passionate meaty book ... ultimately rewarding' Mail on Sunday 'Tough, lusty and resolutely unreconstructed, Alix is an unconventional, strikingly memorable creation' Harpers & Queen