2006, ISBN: 0099479044

[EAN: 9780099479048], Neubuch, [PU: Vintage Publishing, London], Paperback. Diana Evans is the new literary voice of multicultural Britain. Her unforgettable first novel has all the heart… Plus…

[EAN: 9780099479048], Neubuch, [PU: Vintage Publishing, London], Paperback. Diana Evans is the new literary voice of multicultural Britain. Her unforgettable first novel has all the heartbreak of Brick Lane and all the vibrancy of White Teeth, but a very special magic of its own.**WINNER OF THE ORANGE AWARD FOR NEW WRITERS**'A remarkable first novel.vibrant.exotic' Sunday TimesDiscover the critically acclaimed debut from the Women's Prize-shortlisted author of Ordinary PeopleIdentical twins, Georgia and Bessi Hunter, live in the loft of 26 Waifer Avenue. It is a place of beanbags, nectarines and secrets, and visitors must always knock before entering. Down below there is not such harmony. Their Nigerian mother puts cayenne pepper on her Yorkshire pudding and has mysterious ways of dealing with homesickness; their father angrily roams the streets of London, prey to the demons of his Derbyshire upbringing.Forced to create their own identities, the Hunter children build a separate universe. Their elder sister Bel discovers sex, high heels and organic hairdressing whilst the twins prepare for a flapjack empire. It is when the reality comes knocking that the fantasies of childhood start to give way. How will Georgia and Bessi cope in a world of separateness and solitude, and which of them will be stronger?'Hugely assured and very moving' Mark Haddon'Diana Evans's fiction is emotionally intelligent, dark, funny, moving. The sheer energy in her novels is enthralling. A brilliant craftswoman, a master of the form, she makes the reader ask important questions of themselves and makes them laugh at the same time' Jackie Kay, British Council and National Centre for Writing's International Showcase on Britain's 10 best BAME writersWinner of the British Book Award for deciBel Writer of the YearShortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel AwardShortlisted for the Guardian First Book AwardShortlisted for the Commonwealth Best First Book AwardShortlisted for the Times/Southbank Show Breakthrough AwardRecipient of the Betty Trask AwardLonglisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Identical twins, Georgia and Bessi, live in the loft of 26 Waifer Avenue. It is a place of beanbags, nectarines and secrets, and visitors must always knock before entering. Forced to create their own identities, the Hunter children build a separate universe. It is when the reality comes knocking that the fantasies of childhood start to give way. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability., Books<

2006, ISBN: 0099479044

[EAN: 9780099479048], Neubuch, [SC: 35.77], [PU: Vintage, London], AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE TAYARI JONES NORMAL PEOPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS SALLY ROONEY, AMERICANAH HALF OF A YELLOW SUN… Plus…

[EAN: 9780099479048], Neubuch, [SC: 35.77], [PU: Vintage, London], AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE TAYARI JONES NORMAL PEOPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS SALLY ROONEY, AMERICANAH HALF OF A YELLOW SUN PURPLE HIBISCUS CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHI HOW TO FAIL ELIZABETH DAY, QUEENIE CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS HOME FIRE KAMILA SHAMSIE GRAND UNION NW WHITE TEETH ZADIE SMITH, DOLLY ALDERTON EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE, NEVER TOLD YOU CELESTE NG LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE GIRL WOMAN OTHER BERNADINE EVARISTO, WOMEN'S PRIZE ORDINARY FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS LIFE SAGAS MULTIGENERATIONAL SECRETS CHILDHOOD, CONTEMPORARY LITERARY FICTION BRITISH NORTH WEST LONDON NEASDEN NIGERIAN DISPORA, COMING AGE TWINS SIBILINGS BROTHER IF ONLY COULD TELL HANNAH BECKERMAN, EVERYWHERE, FRIENDS, LOVE, MARRIAGE, ALDERTON, NG, YOU, PEOPLE, TEETH, SHAMSIE, HIBISCUS, AGE, JONES, WHO ARE, BY CARTY WILLIAMS, GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER, 'HALF SUN', GOOD BOOKS, NOVELS, WW2, Neuware - Identical twins, Georgia and Bessi, live in the loft of 26 Waifer Avenue. It is a place of beanbags, nectarines and secrets, and visitors must always knock before entering. Down below there is not such harmony. Their Nigerian mother puts cayenne pepper on her Yorkshire pudding and has mysterious ways of dealing with homesickness; their father angrily roams the streets of Neasden, prey to the demons of his Derbyshire upbringing. Forced to create their own identities, the Hunter children build a separate universe. Older sister Bel discovers sex, high heels and organic hairdressing, the twins prepare for a flapjack empire, while baby sister Kemy learns to moonwalk for Michael Jackson. It is when the reality comes knocking that the fantasies of childhood start to give way. How will Georgia and Bessi cope in a world of separateness and solitude, and which of them will be stronger Wickedly funny and devastatingly moving, 26a is an extraordinary first novel. Part fairytale, part nightmare, it moves from the mundane to the magical, the particular to the universal with exceptional flair and imagination. It is for anyone who has had a childhood, and anyone who knows what it is to lose one. 240 pp. Englisch, Books<

2006, ISBN: 0099479044

[EAN: 9780099479048], Neubuch, [SC: 1.7], [PU: Vintage, London], AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE TAYARI JONES NORMAL PEOPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS SALLY ROONEY, AMERICANAH HALF OF A YELLOW SUN P… Plus…

[EAN: 9780099479048], Neubuch, [SC: 1.7], [PU: Vintage, London], AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE TAYARI JONES NORMAL PEOPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS SALLY ROONEY, AMERICANAH HALF OF A YELLOW SUN PURPLE HIBISCUS CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHI HOW TO FAIL ELIZABETH DAY, QUEENIE CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS HOME FIRE KAMILA SHAMSIE GRAND UNION NW WHITE TEETH ZADIE SMITH, DOLLY ALDERTON EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE, NEVER TOLD YOU CELESTE NG LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE GIRL WOMAN OTHER BERNADINE EVARISTO, WOMEN'S PRIZE ORDINARY FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS LIFE SAGAS MULTIGENERATIONAL SECRETS CHILDHOOD, CONTEMPORARY LITERARY FICTION BRITISH NORTH WEST LONDON NEASDEN NIGERIAN DISPORA, COMING AGE TWINS SIBILINGS BROTHER IF ONLY COULD TELL HANNAH BECKERMAN, EVERYWHERE, FRIENDS, LOVE, MARRIAGE, ALDERTON, NG, YOU, PEOPLE, TEETH, SHAMSIE, HIBISCUS, AGE, JONES, WHO ARE, BY CARTY WILLIAMS, GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER, 'HALF SUN', GOOD BOOKS, NOVELS, WW2, Neuware - Identical twins, Georgia and Bessi, live in the loft of 26 Waifer Avenue. It is a place of beanbags, nectarines and secrets, and visitors must always knock before entering. Down below there is not such harmony. Their Nigerian mother puts cayenne pepper on her Yorkshire pudding and has mysterious ways of dealing with homesickness; their father angrily roams the streets of Neasden, prey to the demons of his Derbyshire upbringing. Forced to create their own identities, the Hunter children build a separate universe. Older sister Bel discovers sex, high heels and organic hairdressing, the twins prepare for a flapjack empire, while baby sister Kemy learns to moonwalk for Michael Jackson. It is when the reality comes knocking that the fantasies of childhood start to give way. How will Georgia and Bessi cope in a world of separateness and solitude, and which of them will be stronger Wickedly funny and devastatingly moving, 26a is an extraordinary first novel. Part fairytale, part nightmare, it moves from the mundane to the magical, the particular to the universal with exceptional flair and imagination. It is for anyone who has had a childhood, and anyone who knows what it is to lose one. 240 pp. Englisch, Books<

2006, ISBN: 0099479044

[EAN: 9780099479048], Neubuch, [PU: Vintage, London], AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE TAYARI JONES NORMAL PEOPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS SALLY ROONEY, AMERICANAH HALF OF A YELLOW SUN PURPLE HIBIS… Plus…

[EAN: 9780099479048], Neubuch, [PU: Vintage, London], AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE TAYARI JONES NORMAL PEOPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS SALLY ROONEY, AMERICANAH HALF OF A YELLOW SUN PURPLE HIBISCUS CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHI HOW TO FAIL ELIZABETH DAY, QUEENIE CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS HOME FIRE KAMILA SHAMSIE GRAND UNION NW WHITE TEETH ZADIE SMITH, DOLLY ALDERTON EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE, NEVER TOLD YOU CELESTE NG LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE GIRL WOMAN OTHER BERNADINE EVARISTO, WOMEN'S PRIZE ORDINARY FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS LIFE SAGAS MULTIGENERATIONAL SECRETS CHILDHOOD, CONTEMPORARY LITERARY FICTION BRITISH NORTH WEST LONDON NEASDEN NIGERIAN DISPORA, COMING AGE TWINS SIBILINGS BROTHER IF ONLY COULD TELL HANNAH BECKERMAN, EVERYWHERE, FRIENDS, LOVE, MARRIAGE, ALDERTON, NG, YOU, PEOPLE, TEETH, SHAMSIE, HIBISCUS, AGE, JONES, WHO ARE, BY CARTY WILLIAMS, GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER, 'HALF SUN', GOOD BOOKS, NOVELS, WW2, Neuware - Identical twins, Georgia and Bessi, live in the loft of 26 Waifer Avenue. It is a place of beanbags, nectarines and secrets, and visitors must always knock before entering. Down below there is not such harmony. Their Nigerian mother puts cayenne pepper on her Yorkshire pudding and has mysterious ways of dealing with homesickness; their father angrily roams the streets of Neasden, prey to the demons of his Derbyshire upbringing. Forced to create their own identities, the Hunter children build a separate universe. Older sister Bel discovers sex, high heels and organic hairdressing, the twins prepare for a flapjack empire, while baby sister Kemy learns to moonwalk for Michael Jackson. It is when the reality comes knocking that the fantasies of childhood start to give way. How will Georgia and Bessi cope in a world of separateness and solitude, and which of them will be stronger Wickedly funny and devastatingly moving, 26a is an extraordinary first novel. Part fairytale, part nightmare, it moves from the mundane to the magical, the particular to the universal with exceptional flair and imagination. It is for anyone who has had a childhood, and anyone who knows what it is to lose one. 240 pp. Englisch, Books<