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The Peppered Moth

By Margaret Drabble

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The Peppered Moth

By Margaret Drabble

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In the early 1900s, Bessie Bawtry, a small child with big notions, lives in a South Yorkshire mining town in England. Precocious and refined in a land of little ambition and much mining grime, Bessie waits for the day she can escape the bleak, coarse existence her ancestors had seldom questioned. Nearly a century later Bessie's granddaughter, Faro Gaulden, is listening to a lecture on genetic inheritance. She has returned to the depressed little town in which Bessie grew up and wonders at the families who never left. Confronted with what would have been her life had her grandmother stayed, she finds herself faced with difficult questions. Is she really so different from the South Yorkshire locals? As she soon learns, the past has a way of reasserting itself-not unlike the peppered moth that was once thought to be nearing extinction but is now enjoying a sudden unexplained resurgence. The Peppered Moth is a brilliant novel, full of irony, sadness, and humor.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
386
Release Date:
2002-04-25
Publication Date:
2002-04-01
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0156007193
ISBN13:
9780156007191
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
485 g
Height:
133 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
23 cm

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The items bear minimal signs of past use, such as light scratches or memories in the form of markings. These signs of wear give the items a charming character and tell stories of their previous owners, while not affecting their functionality.
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