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Drowning Rose

By Marika Cobbold

Drowning Rose Contemporary literature

Drowning Rose

By Marika Cobbold

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'No one writes about life quite like Marika Cobbold; no one combines light and dark, humorous and profound, joyous and sorrowful quite so expertly' Guardian, Readers' Books of the Year 'Cobbold handles profound and delicate themes with a ceramicist's lightness of touch' Daily Mail It is winter in London. Eliza Cummings, a ceramics restorer at the V&A Museum, is leaving work when she receives an unexpected phone call. Standing in the haze of the Christmas lights she hears a voice which draws her back twenty-five years - to the tragic death of her best friend. But why does Rose's father want her to visit him? Why now? And why is he killing her with kindness when they both know that he blames her for what happened to his daughter? Grief and guilt cast terrible shadows, but as this beautifully wrought story unfolds and the scene shifts from London to the fairy tale landscape of the Swedish countryside - and back in time to Eliza's school days - we learn that generosity, humour and friendship can smooth over and restore even the most broken lives, and that some secrets just can't be kept hidden...
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
352
Release Date:
2012-03-01
Publication Date:
2012-03-01
Publisher:
Bloomsbury UK
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
140882194X
ISBN13:
9781408821947
Weight:
244 g
Height:
131 cm
Width:
197 cm
Thickness:
28 cm
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