The Promise of Happiness

Justin Cartwright (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2004 | Export ed
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7475-7437-8 (ISBN)

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A novel of family and place in contemporary Britain.

Ju-Ju Briggs has just been released from prison in upstate New York. Now she's returning home to England. An art expert with an immaculate education, Ju-Ju is no typical criminal. Nor was her crime - the theft of a Tiffany-glass window from a Brooklyn cemetary - a straightforward one. Some might call it grave-robbing, others an act of conservation. For Ju-Ju it was an act of love. In their Cotswold house, Ju-Ju's parents are preparing a welcome party. This is no simple matter either. Daphne holds untold resentment against their daughter, the 'golden girl', Charles is ashamed. Ju-Ju's younger brother Charlie, and sister Sophie, both of whom have much to conceal, also have their own fears...As the family struggles to come to terms with Ju-Ju's crime, secrets are shed and emotions reach their pitch. No one will leave this party unchanged.

Justin Cartwright was born in South Africa and educated in America and the UK. His books include the acclaimed Masai Dreaming, In Every Face I Meet which was shortlisted for the 1995 Booker Prize, Leading the Cheers which won the 1998 Whitbread Novel Award and most recently White Lightning, also shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award 2002. He lives in North London with his wife and two sons.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.8.2004
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 234 mm
Einbandart	Paperback
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
ISBN-10	0-7475-7437-5 / 0747574375
ISBN-13	978-0-7475-7437-8 / 9780747574378
Zustand	Neuware