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The Woman Who Painted Her Dreams
Isla Dewar
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Description for The Woman Who Painted Her Dreams
Paperback. Isla Dewar's unique combination of brilliant characterisation, beautifully evoked landscapes and incisive humour is honed to its finest in this lovely novel Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
To the neighbours who helped raise her, Madeline was a handful: opinionated, disruptive, verbose. They blamed it all on her lack of a mother. But Madeline was happy: her father was parent enough. Till he wasn't there for her any more, and Madeline had to grow up fast. Befriended by Annie, she catches a glimpse of normal family life, and sees Annie glow as she marries her adoring Willie. Madeline has never wanted a regular man in her own life, yet somehow she finds herself living in a rambling Highland mansion with Stuart, loving to the point of exhaustion, and ... Read more
To the neighbours who helped raise her, Madeline was a handful: opinionated, disruptive, verbose. They blamed it all on her lack of a mother. But Madeline was happy: her father was parent enough. Till he wasn't there for her any more, and Madeline had to grow up fast. Befriended by Annie, she catches a glimpse of normal family life, and sees Annie glow as she marries her adoring Willie. Madeline has never wanted a regular man in her own life, yet somehow she finds herself living in a rambling Highland mansion with Stuart, loving to the point of exhaustion, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747261582
SKU
V9780747261582
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99-50
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. ... Read more
Reviews for The Woman Who Painted Her Dreams
'Tender-hearted and poignant...Romantic yet never awash with sentimentality, powerful without being overpowering, Dewar builds the story into a novel of considerable depth' Scotsman
Scotsman
A Scottish Kate Atkinson, astute, sensitive and a joy to read...a wonderful author
Bookseller
'A wonderful story... Wit and wisdom in every chapter, a true understanding of women's lives' Sunday Mail
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Scotsman
A Scottish Kate Atkinson, astute, sensitive and a joy to read...a wonderful author
Bookseller
'A wonderful story... Wit and wisdom in every chapter, a true understanding of women's lives' Sunday Mail
... Read more