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The Sea Lady
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Description
Humphrey and Ailsa meet as children by a grey northern sea. Humphrey is quiet serious - and will in time explore the sea's mysteries; Ailsa is angry a freckled cobra ready to strike. Yet they fascinate one another and when they meet again years later they fall briefly - and disastrously - in love.
Half a lifetime passes before Humphrey and Ailsa's paths finally re-cross. What will each make of their past? And of the future?
'The Sea Lady proves [Drabble] remains one of the most thought-provoking and intellectually challenging writers around' FT Magazine
'A pleasure to read . . . utterly engrossing' Guardian
'Drabble excels at describing the minute detail of human behaviour . . . The Sea Lady is a potent tribute to lost dreams and harsh realities' Independent
Margaret Drabble was born in 1939 in Sheffield Yorkshire the daughter of barrister and novelist John F. Drabble and sister of novelist A.S. Byatt. She is the author of eighteen novels and eight works of non-fiction including biographies of Arnold Bennett and Angus Wilson. Her many novels include The Radiant Way (1987) A Natural Curiosity (1989) The Gates of Ivory (1991) The Peppered Moth (2000) The Seven Sisters (2002) and The Red Queen (2004) all of which are published by Penguin. In 1980 Margaret Drabble was made a CBE and in 2008 she was made DBE. She is married to the biographer Michael Holroyd and lives in London and Somerset.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
354
Release Date:
2007-08-02
Publication Date:
2007-08-02
Publisher:
Penguin
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0141027452
ISBN13:
9780141027456
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
422 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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Very good
Almost no signs of wear. Book pages have no markings, accessories are intact and all other media are in good condition.
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