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On a peat and heather island off the west coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother Nora take refuge in the large mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories. Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, like who her father was - variously Jimmy, Jack, or Ernie.
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Intimate, contemporary, open-ended and contemplative.
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Kate Atkinson
- First published
- 2000
- Pages
- 352
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Chivers Audio Books, Picador USA
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781409094616
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Kate Atkinson was born in York and now lives in Edinburgh. Her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. Besides novels, she has penned one play and a collection of short stories.
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