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The Frank Business Olivia Glazebrook

The Frank Business By Olivia Glazebrook

The Frank Business by Olivia Glazebrook


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Summary

A novel about family, love and other battlefields

The Frank Business Summary

The Frank Business: The smart and witty new novel of love and other battlefields by Olivia Glazebrook

'A talented, witty writer with a sharp eye for social observation' Daily Mail

'Olivia Glazebrook's writing has a lovely, fluid rhythm, and she writes with insight and candour' Laura Barnett

After Frank drops down dead in Heathrow Arrivals on Christmas Eve, his estranged daughter Jem is called in to identify the body. When Jem travels back to Frank's house in France - a house she hasn't been in since she was a child - she realises that Frank had a son too.

Frank has died of a congenital heart defect, a defect he may have passed on to his daughter - or on to his son. Jem must warn her brother, but in finding herself a family she risks ripping another apart.

Shrewd, witty and poignant, The Frank Business is a vivid tale of love and other battlefields.

The Frank Business Reviews

The Frank Business starts with a death, works through shock revelations and ends with a satisfying resolution . . . This meditation on the meaning of family is fabulously written, moving and wry * Daily Mail *
Gleaming moments of dark humour and droll dialogue . . . an absorbing, psychologically agile novel * Irish Times *
She has the ability, like Anita Shreve or Maggie O'Farrell, to scrutinise and describe complex family dynamics with forensic precision * The Spectator *
A talented, witty writer with a sharp eye for social observation * Daily Mail *
I sank into the book, and looked forward to diving back into its world each time I was away from it . . . Olivia Glazebrook's writing has a lovely, fluid rhythm, and she writes with insight and candour about complex family dynamics, and the ways in which we love and hurt each other * Laura Barnett *
Olivia Glazebrook nails the complexity of family dynamics with sharp, witty writing * Good Housekeeping *
An intriguing read about undisclosed family issues * Prima *
[A] finely written and very English novel . . . The plotting and interweaving of narrative lines are worthy of Jane Austen . . . Glazebrook writes with a literary style but is not above being very entertaining * Irish Examiner *

About Olivia Glazebrook

Olivia Glazebrook lives in London. Her previous novels are The Trouble with Alice and Never Mind Miss Fox.

Additional information

GOR009821432
9781473691834
1473691834
The Frank Business: The smart and witty new novel of love and other battlefields by Olivia Glazebrook
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Murray Press
2019-03-07
288
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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