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Book Synopsis''Funny, engaging and beautifully written'' M. L. Stedman
Sometimes getting it wrong is the only way to get it right . . .
Frances Pilgrim''s father went missing when she was five, and ever since all sorts of things have been going astray: car keys, promotions, a series of underwhelming and unsuitable boyfriends . . . Now here she is, thirty-bloody-nine, teaching Shakespeare to rowdy sixth formers and still losing things.
But she has a much more pressing problem. Her mother, whose odd behaviour Frances has long put down to eccentricity, is slowly yielding to Alzheimer''s, leaving Frances with some disturbing questions about her father''s disappearance, and the family history she''s always believed in. Frances could really do with someone to talk to. Ideally Jackson: fellow teacher, dedicated hedonist, erstwhile best friend. Only they haven''t spoken since that night last summer when things got complicated . . .
As the new school year begi
Trade Review
A remarkable book: warm, moving and very funny * Jess Kidd *
Taking up the mantle of acute, humane observation from Muriel Spark, Falling Short is funny, engaging and beautifully written. A really refreshing read * M. L. Stedman *
