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Summer at Gaglow Esther Freud

Summer at Gaglow By Esther Freud

Summer at Gaglow by Esther Freud


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Summary

Summer, 1914. It is Emanuel's twenty-first birthday, and eleven-year-old Eva and her sisters are helping transform Gaglow for a glorious party. But their brother's arrival is overshadowed by the talk of war that comes with him from Hamburg, and when he is wrenched from the family to serve his country, Eva knows that nothing will be the same again.

Summer at Gaglow Summary

Summer at Gaglow by Esther Freud

Summer, 1914. It is Emanuel's twenty-first birthday, and eleven-year-old Eva and her sisters are helping transform Gaglow for a glorious party. But their brother's arrival is overshadowed by the talk of war that comes with him from Hamburg, and when he is wrenched from the family to serve his country, Eva knows that nothing will be the same again. Seventy-five years later, with the fall of the Berlin Wall, Sarah's father begins to tell her about Gaglow, the grand East German country estate that will now come back to them. Alternating between Sarah's bohemian life in London and her grandmother's childhood during the First World War, "Summer at Gaglow" unites four generations of an extraordinary family in a tale of loss and love.

Summer at Gaglow Reviews

'A perfectly paced piece of high-calibre storytelling' Observer 'Evocative and intriguing' Elle 'A shrewd and absorbing novel, a near-seamless meshing of family feeling, history and imagination' New York Times Book Review 'Reading, you become sort of a tourist, delightedly snooping on how these others live ... Fresh, witty, ironic and touching' Independent on Sunday

About Esther Freud

Esther Freud was born in London in 1963. She trained as an actress before writing her first novel, Hideous Kinky, which was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was made into a feature film starring Kate Winslet. She has since written four other novels. Her books have been translated into thirteen languages. Her most recent novel was The Sea House.

Additional information

GOR001544006
9780747597698
0747597693
Summer at Gaglow by Esther Freud
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2009-04-20
256
N/A
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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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