A Perfect Life
1st Edition
Published on 9. January 2014
336 pages
978-1-4088-5070-1 (ISBN)
Description
An elegant reissue of the classic novel
'Charming ... Engrossing' Sunday Times
'Beautifully poignant, insightful and grown-up' Mirror
The Stone family live a fairy-tale existence in their home in rural Norfolk, complete with adorable children, glamorous parents and postcard-perfect seaside picnics. Nick, Angel and their family lead a charmed life. And yet beneath the surface all is not as it seems.
Why is Nick away so often? Where is the laughter? And what is happening to the children?
We all want a perfect life, but at what price?
'Charming ... Engrossing' Sunday Times
'Beautifully poignant, insightful and grown-up' Mirror
The Stone family live a fairy-tale existence in their home in rural Norfolk, complete with adorable children, glamorous parents and postcard-perfect seaside picnics. Nick, Angel and their family lead a charmed life. And yet beneath the surface all is not as it seems.
Why is Nick away so often? Where is the laughter? And what is happening to the children?
We all want a perfect life, but at what price?
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-4088-5070-1 (9781408850701)
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Raffaella Barker
A Perfect Life
Book
05/2014
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
€33.61
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Person
Raffaella Barker, daughter of the poet George Barker, was born and brought up in the Norfolk countryside. She is the author of seven acclaimed novels: Come and Tell Me Some Lies, The Hook, Hens Dancing, Summertime, Green Grass, A Perfect Life and Poppyland. She has also written a novel for young adults, Phosphorescence. She is a regular contributor to the Sunday Times and the Sunday Telegraph, and teaches on the Literature and Creative Writing BA at the University of East Anglia and the Guardian UEA Novel Writing Masterclass. Raffaella Barker lives by the sea in north Norfolk.
www.raffaellabarker.co.uk
@raffaellabarker
www.raffaellabarker.co.uk
@raffaellabarker
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Angel
- Nick
- Angel
- Jem
- Angel
- Jem
- Nick
- Angel
- Jem
- Nick
- Angel
- Nick
- Angel
- Nick
- Angel
- Jem
- Nick
- Angel
- Angel
- Nick
- Jem
- Nick
- Angel
- Jem
- Angel
- Jem
- Angel
- Nick
- Jem
- Angel
- Jem
- Nick
- Angel
- Nick
- Jem
- Angel
- Jem
- Nick
- Angel
- Nick
- Jem
- Angel
- A Note on the Author
- By the Same Author
- Also Available by Raffaella Barker
- eCopyright
