****From Man Booker Prize-winning author of *The Finkler Question* and *J*, and one of 'our funniest writers alive' (Allison Pearson): a wickedly observed novel of old age and new love.**** At the age of ninety-something, Beryl Dusinbery is forgetting everything โ including her own children. She
Live a little
โ Scribed by Madeleine Reiss
- Publisher
- Zaffre;Bonnier Publishing Fiction
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 184 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- United States
- ISBN
- 1785770926
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Praise for Madeleine Reiss's previous work:
'I found it deeply moving and couldn't stop reading' Susan Lewis
'Gorgeous and Emotional' Fern Britton
Lottie has always followed the rules, her life is comfortable and she is - finally,finally - marrying her long-term, reliable, boyfriend Dean.
Tina is carefree, wild and, maybe, just a little bit careless. She doesn't understand Lottie's obsession with settling down with 'dull Dean', there's so much to explore in the world.
The two sisters have drifted apart, living in different countries until the death of their older sister, Mia. Mia was the glue that held them together, made them a family and without her Lottie and Tina realise how little they know each other.
Desperate to remedy this, Tina convinces Lottie to cancel her hen do, fly halfway around the world and set out on a road trip across the US, just the two of...
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