The Very Thought of You Rosie Alison

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Zusammenfassung

As Hitler prepares to invade Poland, many children are evacuated from London to escape the impending Blitz. Torn from her mother, eight-year-old Anna Sands is relocated with other children to a large Yorkshire estate. This title tells a story of love, loss and complicated loyalties, combining a narrative with subtle psychological observation.

The Very Thought of You Zusammenfassung

The Very Thought of You Rosie Alison

England, 31st August 1939: the world is on the brink of war. As Hitler prepares to invade Poland, thousands of children are evacuated from London to escape the impending Blitz. Torn from her mother, eight-year-old Anna Sands is relocated with other children to a large Yorkshire estate which has been opened up to evacuees by Thomas and Elizabeth Ashton, an enigmatic childless couple. Soon Anna gets drawn into their unhappy relationship, seeing things that are not meant for her eyes - and finding herself part-witness and part-accomplice to a love affair, with tragic consequences. A story of love, loss and complicated loyalties, combining a sweeping narrative with subtle psychological observation, The Very Thought of You is a haunting and memorable debut.

The Very Thought of You Bewertungen

Rosie Alison's debut novel grips from start to finish. Beginning with the story of a young girl evacuated to a country house at the start of the war, it opens up to include doomed romances, thwarted love affairs, innocence corrupted, and a cast of characters that are as passionate as they are believable. Alison writes with a real understanding of the period and true compassion for her characters and the plot develops in unexpected and often shocking ways. Without question one of the best debuts I've read in recent years and an important addition to the growing body of literature which concerns itself with the effect of the Second World War on the people back home.A - John Boyne

Über Rosie Alison

Born in 1964, Rosie Alison read English at Keble College, Oxford. She spent over ten years working in television, as a producer-director of arts documentaries (her director credits include The South Bank Show, Omnibus and Grand Designs). Currently Head of Development at Heyday Films in the UK - the production company of the Harry Potter film series - she has recently co-produced two feature films (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, just released, and the forthcoming film Is There Anybody There?).

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR001581554

ISBN 13

9781846880865

ISBN 10

1846880866

Titel

The Very Thought of You Rosie Alison

Autor

Rosie Alison

Zustand

Gebraucht - Sehr Gut

Bindung

Broschiert

Verlag

Alma Books Ltd

Datum

20090514

Anzahl der Seiten

350

Preise

Short-listed for Orange Prize for Fiction 2010

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