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Book SynopsisRose Tremain's novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won many awards, including the Orange Prize (
The Road Home), the Dylan Thomas Award
(The Colonel's Daughter and Other Stories), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (
Music & Silence) the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Prix Femina in France (
Sacred Country) and the South Bank Sky Arts Award (
The Gustav Sonata). Her most recent novel is
Lily, a Richard and Judy Book Club selection. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007 and a Dame in 2020. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes.
Trade ReviewA master class in the art of storytelling * Observer *
Tremain is elegant, cool and teasing...she is an extremely accomplished writer, ingenious and acute, compassionate and always in control * Daily Telegraph *
A perfect demonstration of Rose Tremain's beguilingly original and quirky mind and her ability to set words on paper in the most spellbinding way * Daily Mail *
In this superb collection of short stories she displays a dazzling versatility... Rose Tremain's writing has a rare subtlety. And her imagination is extraordinary * Harper & Queen *
