The undertow
"A novel about four generations of a British family--their secrets, their loves and losses, dreams and heartbreaks--captured in a series of individual moments that span the years from World War I, to World War II, to the 1960s, and up to the present"--Provided by publisher.
| Main Author: | Baker, Jo. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
| Summary: |
"A novel about four generations of a British family--their secrets, their loves and losses, dreams and heartbreaks--captured in a series of individual moments that span the years from World War I, to World War II, to the 1960s, and up to the present"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: |
"Originally published in Great Britain as The Picture Book by Portobello Books, London, in 2011"--T.p. verso. |
| Physical Description: |
335 p. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780307957092 (hardback) 0307957098 (hardback) |
| Author Notes: |
Jo Baker was born and raised in the village of Arkholme, Lancashire, England. She attended Kirby Lonsdale and Somerville College, Oxford. She later moved to Belfast in 1995 to study for an MA in Irish literature at Queen's University, where she also completed a PhD on the Anglo-Irish novelist Elizabeth Bowen. She is now the author of six novels, including the bestseller, Longbourn. (Bowker Author Biography) |