The Lightning Tree
Published on 29. January 2015
320 pages
978-0-571-25539-9 (ISBN)
Description
This is a story of two young people who fall in love - and then life gets in the way.
Ursula is part dreamer, part radical in the making. Raised in a matriarchal household by a CND-loving activist, she is impatient to begin a life of adventure. But this is Newcastle in the mid-80s where girls are getting permed and their dreams go no further than copping off down the Bigg Market. Then Ursula meets Jerry, a class warrior from the wrong side of town, intellectually hungry, erudite and ambitious. It is a meeting of bodies, souls, minds and ideals. Keen to pursue the road less travelled, Ursula heads to India while Jerry goes to Oxford and the promise of politics and power. But Ursula's family is clouded with secrets, and the past threatens to repeat itself. As Ursula searches for answers, she is soon drifting - and Jerry loses touch. What happens to young love when it is tested by real life?
In this second novel from the acclaimed author of The Whole Wide Beauty, Emily Woof interweaves across generations asking us to question the nature of love in all its forms.
Ursula is part dreamer, part radical in the making. Raised in a matriarchal household by a CND-loving activist, she is impatient to begin a life of adventure. But this is Newcastle in the mid-80s where girls are getting permed and their dreams go no further than copping off down the Bigg Market. Then Ursula meets Jerry, a class warrior from the wrong side of town, intellectually hungry, erudite and ambitious. It is a meeting of bodies, souls, minds and ideals. Keen to pursue the road less travelled, Ursula heads to India while Jerry goes to Oxford and the promise of politics and power. But Ursula's family is clouded with secrets, and the past threatens to repeat itself. As Ursula searches for answers, she is soon drifting - and Jerry loses touch. What happens to young love when it is tested by real life?
In this second novel from the acclaimed author of The Whole Wide Beauty, Emily Woof interweaves across generations asking us to question the nature of love in all its forms.
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Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
0,56 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-571-25539-9 (9780571255399)
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Born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Emily Woof has written for stage, film and radio. She wrote and directed Meeting Helen for FilmFour, and directed the prize-winning short film Between The Wars. She has also worked as a trapeze artist and actor; her screen credits include Oliver Twist, The Full Monty, Pandaemonium, This Year's Love and Velvet Goldmine. Her first novel The Whole Wide Beauty was published to great acclaim in 2010. She lives in London with her husband and two children.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- I
- Let us start right here .
- Skip! Jump! Land! Turn!
- Jerry and Ursula leap together through time .
- Cars are nose to tail .
- Jerry's in the Literary and Philosophy Society
- The Newcastle Civic Centre .
- Danny Dovedale stands on the stage .
- OK!
- Dear Ursula .
- Where has Ursula gone?
- A white box room .
- The cow-hide bag .
- We beat the Tory scumbags!
- Ursula is not thinking about Jerry
- Jerry's come straight from the station .
- II
- Autumn comes .
- 5.30 a.m.
- Jerry leans against the brass banisters .
- Be a normal girl you say .
- III
- I promised you love
- Ursula's heart nearly jumps .
- The giant!
- In search of clues .
- Maestro! Wait!
- If he's gone looking for Mary .
- Ursula gets out of the taxi .
- Lush, says Mackie .
- Two post-office workers .
- It's a miracle .
- It is twilight .
- This is just the beginning
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Also by the Author
- Copyright
