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Frederica Potter arrives at Cambridge University greedy for knowledge, sex and love. It isn't long before she becomes infatuated with a mysterious and controlling poet. Back in Yorkshire, her sister Stephanie abandons academia and is confronted with the boredom and frustrations of motherhood. Meanwhile, their younger brother Marcus begins to recover from a nervous breakdown. Each sibling is desperate to shape their own future, but a horrifying event will soon change their lives forever.

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Marvellous... A major novel, inspiring laughter and tears -- Iris Murdoch
Glorious… Frederica is a magnificent creation; awkward, fierce, intellectually voracious and sexually inexperienced -- Francesca Segal, author of The Awkward Age
Affords enormous and continuous pleasure -- Anita Brookner
Byatt is a wonderful writer, constantly engaging wherever she takes us * The Times *

Still Life

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage
      Published 18 May 1995
      ISBN-13 9780099479918
      978-0099479918
      ISBN-10 0099479915
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      Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Frederica Potter arrives at Cambridge University greedy for knowledge, sex and love. It isn't long before she becomes infatuated with a mysterious and controlling poet. Back in Yorkshire, her sister Stephanie abandons academia and is confronted with the boredom and frustrations of motherhood. Meanwhile, their younger brother Marcus begins to recover from a nervous breakdown. Each sibling is desperate to shape their own future, but a horrifying event will soon change their lives forever.

      Trade Review
      Marvellous... A major novel, inspiring laughter and tears -- Iris Murdoch
      Glorious… Frederica is a magnificent creation; awkward, fierce, intellectually voracious and sexually inexperienced -- Francesca Segal, author of The Awkward Age
      Affords enormous and continuous pleasure -- Anita Brookner
      Byatt is a wonderful writer, constantly engaging wherever she takes us * The Times *

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