Little Sister [Paperback]

Carol Birch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1999

Cathy Wren, aged 37, lives alone in a small town, surviving on waitressing and piano teaching. Nursing her quiet, drab life, she keeps memories of her tumultuous past at bay—until one stray remnant of that old life knocks on her front door. Suddenly, Cathy is thrown into a weird and haphazard journey that turns into much more than a search for the little sister she hasn't seen for 10 years. This is a remarkable novel about life and death, fact and fiction, desire, envy, families, and forgiveness.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'Her writing has a direct, uncluttered quality ... The low key marginal kind of life ... has no better chronicler' D.J. TAYLOR, INDEPENDENT 'It is in its delicate exploration of the murky ground between objective assessment for life and irrational affection for a person that the novel compels' TLS 'This remarkable novel begins low-key and builds to a devastating conclusion' JUDY COOKE, MAIL ON SUNDAY

About the Author

Carol Birch was born in 1951 in Manchester and went to Keele University. She has lived in London, southwest Ireland and now Lancaster. For her first novel, LIFE IN THE PALACE, she won the 1988 David Higham Award for the Best First Novel of the Year. In 1991 she won the prestigious Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize with THE FOG LINE.

Product Details

• Paperback: 278 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group (March 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1860495303
• ISBN-13: 978-1860495304
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,063,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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