Synopsis
'My mother began me one evening in 1968 on a table in the café of the town's only cinema . . .'
One hot summer a stranger arrives at the Norfolk holiday home of the Smart family. Intriguing, beguiling, arresting, Amber brings love, joy, pain and not a little upheaval, throwing the carefully ordered world of the Smarts into the air. They will be forever changed by Amber but how will they know whether it is for the bad, the good or something else entirely?
'Joyous ... writing as rapture, as giddy delight' The Times
'Funny, sexy, poignant, bewitching' Observer
Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9780241989111
- Number of pages: 320
- Dimensions: 180 x 113 x 21 mm
- Weight: 184g
- Languages: English
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The Accidental
Couldn't get into this book, found the characters and writing style slightly annoying. Eventually I gave up and never finished it, which is something I've ... READ MORE
Captivating and unique, but unfinished?
I did enjoy this book, and it might be worth a re-read just to understand it better. The writing style is really cool though, with each perspective feeling... READ MORE
A Summer of Reckoning
The Smart family are on their summer holiday in Norfolk. Trapped together in an awful house in a horrible village in the blazing heat, the cracks are begin... READ MORE