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Sunday Times bestseller Tessa Hadley explores the big consequences of small events in this new collection

Tessa Hadley is my favourite author' KATE ATKINSON

Heloise's father died in a car crash when she was a little girl; at a dinner party in her forties, she meets someone connected to that long-ago tragedy. Janey's bohemian mother plans to marry a man close to Janey''s own age everything changes when an accident interrupts the wedding party. A daughter caring for her elderly mother during the pandemic becomes obsessed with the woman next door; in the wake of his best friend's death, a man must reassess his affair with the friend's wife. Teenager Cecilia wakes one morning on holiday with her parents in Florence and sees them for the first time through disenchanted eyes.

These twelve stories plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tides and hidden undercurrents of ordinary relationships.

Few writers give me

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: 1/11/2024
      ISBN13: 9781529922691, 978-1529922691
      ISBN10: 1529922690

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Sunday Times bestseller Tessa Hadley explores the big consequences of small events in this new collection

      Tessa Hadley is my favourite author' KATE ATKINSON

      Heloise's father died in a car crash when she was a little girl; at a dinner party in her forties, she meets someone connected to that long-ago tragedy. Janey's bohemian mother plans to marry a man close to Janey''s own age everything changes when an accident interrupts the wedding party. A daughter caring for her elderly mother during the pandemic becomes obsessed with the woman next door; in the wake of his best friend's death, a man must reassess his affair with the friend's wife. Teenager Cecilia wakes one morning on holiday with her parents in Florence and sees them for the first time through disenchanted eyes.

      These twelve stories plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tides and hidden undercurrents of ordinary relationships.

      Few writers give me

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