Betony Falk, who was orphaned as a child, finds out that her father had been a German Jewish refugee baby. Her own sense of identity undermined, she sets out on a quest for the truth which takes her to Germany and into the past - and the more she finds out, the less she knows who she is now.
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'Maureen Duffy is one of the few British writers of fiction of real class' Financial Times / 'An experienced, prolific novelist; nothing she writes can fail.' Daily Telegraph / 'Maureen Duffy is one of Britain's foremost writers.' Guardian / 'A fine novelist, Maureen Duffy delves into the recent past to produce a rivetting read.' Daily Mail / 'Vivid, moving and with Duffy's unerring eye for detail and gift for storytelling.' Shena Mackay / 'A novel that makes you think and feel at the same time.' Allan Massie, The Scotsman / 'Duffy has lost none of her fire! and she writes like a dream.' The Spectator / 'Her vivid, clear, elegant prose makes Restitution a pleasure to read.' Sunday Telegraph
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A prolific poet and playwright, Maureen Duffy is the author of Wounds, Capital, and Londoners: An Elegy (the Londoners trilogy) and has written biographies of Purcell and Aphra Benn.
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