The Undertow
A novel
Published on 15. May 2012
384 pages
978-0-307-95836-5 (ISBN)
Description
The American debut by the bestselling author of Longbourn--a vivid, indelibly told novel that follows four generations of a family against the backdrop of a century of turmoil. * "Gripping.... Emotionally powerful.... You can't walk away from her book." --The New York Times Book Review The Undertow traces the lives of the Hastings family, from the eve of the First World War to the present day: William, a young factory worker preparing to join the navy; his son Billy, who cycles into the D-Day landings; his grandson Will, an Oxford professor in the 1960s; and his great-granddaughter, Billie, an artist in contemporary London. Here Jo Baker reveals the Hastings' legacy of choices made, chances lost, and truths long buried in what is an enthralling story of inheritance, fate, passion, and what it means to truly break free of the past.
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JO BAKER was born in Lancashire and educated at Oxford University and Queen's University Belfast. The Undertow is her first publication in the United States. She is the author of three previous novels published in the United Kingdom: Offcomer, The Mermaid's Child, and The Telling. She lives in Lancaster.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Epigraph
- The Electric Theatre, York Road, Battersea, London August 14, 1914
- HMS Goliath, Grand Harbour, Malta April 14, 1915
- The Tows, off Y Beach, Gallipoli April 25, 1915
- HMS Goliath, off Cape Helles May 3, 1915
- HMS Goliath, Morto Bay May 12-13, 1915
- Knox Road, Battersea May 14, 1915
- Knox Road, Battersea May 27, 1915
- Knox Road, Battersea November 15, 1925
- Knox Road, Battersea April 18, 1935
- Portsmouth Docks June 3, 1944, 2 p.m.
- Denham Crescent, Mitcham June 4, 1944, 1:27 p.m.
- Bransbury Park, Portsmouth June 4, 1944, 2:21 p.m.
- Kensington June 4, 1944, 3:00 p.m.
- Portsmouth Docks June 4, 1944, 5:47 p.m.
- Kensington Gardens June 4, 1944, 6:15 p.m.
- Denham Crescent, Mitcham June 5, 1944, 6:45 a.m.
- The English Channel June 5, 1944, 4:30 p.m.
- Ravensbury Works, Tooting June 5, 1944, 4:45 p.m.
- Surgical Supplies, Morden June 5, 1944, 6:38 p.m.
- Denham Crescent, Mitcham June 5, 1944, 7:07 p.m.
- The English Channel June 6, 1944, 1:30 a.m.
- Normandy June 6, 1944, 8:25 a.m.
- Denham Crescent, Mitcham August 3, 1947
- Denham Crescent, Mitcham June 5, 1955
- Brighton Beach June 6, 1955
- St. Luke's Children's Hospital, Hampshire September 30, 1957
- Denham Crescent, Mitcham October 12, 1965
- Magdalen College, Oxford October 14, 1965
- Cricket Green Road, Mitcham June 6, 1966
- St. Giles, Oxford December 11, 1967
- Rose Lane, Oxford March 6, 1975
- Howard Street, Oxford May 6, 1985
- St. George's Hospital, Tooting May 15, 1995
- Denham Crescent, Mitcham June 17, 1995
- Brown's Café, the Covered Market, Oxford December 24, 1999
- Cardigan Street, Oxford December 25, 1999
- Deptford January 1, 2000
- Magdalen College, Oxford March 11, 2003
- Cardigan Street, Oxford March 20, 2003
- The Churchill Hospital, Headington October 14, 2003
- Above London October 6, 2004
- Polstead Road, Oxford November 6, 2004
- Lancaster Station December 12, 2004
- Hoxton Street, Hoxton July 6, 2005
- Holmedene Avenue, Herne Hill July 7, 2005
- Acknowledgements
- A Note About the Author
- Reading Group Guide
