It is 1905, and Bessie is a small child living in a South Yorkshire mining town. Unusually gifted, she sits quietly and studies hard, waiting for the day when she can sit the Cambridge entrance exam and escape the way of life her ancestors have never even thought to question. At the other end of the century her granddaughter, Faro, is listening to a lecture on genetic inheritance. She has returned to the town where her grandmother grew up and sees the families who have lived there for longer than anyone can remember. But for all her exotic ancestry and glamour, has she really travelled any further than them?
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Margaret Drabble was born in Sheffield and lives in London. She was awarded the CBE in 1980. Her novels include A SUMMER BIRD CAGE (1963), THE GARRICK YEAR (1964), THE MILLSTONE (1965), THE ICE AGE (1977), THE MIDDLE GROUND (1980), THE RADIANT WAY (1987), A NATURAL CURIOSITY (1989), THE GATES OF IVORY (1991) and THE WITCH OF EXMOOR (1996). She has also published several works of non-fiction.
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Margaret Drabble is the author of The Sea Lady, The Seven Sisters, The Peppered Moth, and The Needle's Eye, among other novels. She has written biographies of Arnold Bennett and Angus Wilson, and she is the editor of the fifth and sixth editions of The Oxford Companion to English Literature. For her contributions to contemporary English literature, she was made a Dame of the British Empire in 2008.
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