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Human Croquet

By Kate Atkinson

Book information

Publisher
Picador
Year
1997
ISBN
0312186886, 9780312186883, 9781409094586
Open Library ID
OL9483967M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
885 kB (905737 bytes)
Pages
\0
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the YearPart fairy tale, part mystery, part coming-of-age novel, this novel tells the story of Isobel Fairfax, a girl growing up in Lythe, a typical 1960s British suburb. But Lythe was once the heart of an Elizabethan feudal estate and home to a young English tutor named William Shakespeare, and as Isobel investigates the strange history of her family, her neighbors, and her village, she occasionally gets caught in Shakespearean time warps. Meanwhile, she gets closer to the shocking truths about her missing mother, her war-hero father, and the hidden lives of her close friends and classmates. A stunning feat of imagination and storytelling, Human Croquet is rich with the disappointments and possibilities every family shares.

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