Ruffian on the Stair (Virago Modern Classics) [Paperback]

Nina Bawden (Author)

Book Description

Series: Virago Modern Classics | Publication Date: November 1, 2006

In six days, Silas Mudd will celebrate his 100th birthday. He is alarmingly healthy and tough as old boots—which is more than can be said of his son Will. “Not sure he’ll make old bones,” Silas confides loudly to Coral, his daughter-in-law. But there is no doubt that Silas’s son and his two daughters will be at the party. Best outfits and good form are what they think Silas wants served up, and they dare not disappoint him. This is not a family that reveals disturbing thoughts or truths. But Silas is the only one left who knows exactly what is shoring up his family. So he sits, waiting and thinking, wondering what would happen if he were to tell.

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'Her great talent is to be able to take you along a perfectly ordinary street, rip the facade away and show the strange and passionate events that go on behind closed doors' - DAILY TELEGRAPH *'It is a measure of Bawden's skill, that she manages to sho

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In six days, Silas Mudd will celebrate his hundredth birthday. He is alarmingly healthy and tough as old boots — which is more than can be said of his son Will. “Not sure he’ll make old bones,”Silas confides loudly to Coral, his daughter–in–law. But there is no doubt that Silas’s son, and his two daughters, will be at the party. Best outfits and good form are what they think Silas wants served up, and they dare not disappoint him. This is not a family that reveals disturbing thoughts or truths. But Silas is the only one left who knows exactly what is shoring up his family. So he sits, waiting and thinking, wondering what would happen if he were to tell… --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Virago UK (November 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844083802
• ISBN-13: 978-1844083800
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.6 x 7.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,465,634 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)