The Backward Shadow
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The Backward Shadow
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Jane has had her baby and is living along with him in a country cottage. The two women start up a shop in the village, and it is their changing fortunes and feelings for the men on whom so much of their lives are staked which form the core of this funny and vivdly-told novel.
The sequel to Lynne Reid Banks' groundbreaking novel of the 1960s, The L-Shaped Room
The sequel to Lynne Reid Banks' groundbreaking novel of the 1960s, The L-Shaped Room.
Jane has had her baby and is living along with him in a country cottage. Her idyllic time there is soon complicated by the arrival of Toby, the love of her life, and her friend Dorothy. The two women start up a shop in the village, and it is their changing fortunes and feelings for the men on whom so much of their lives are staked which form the core of this funny and vividly-told novel.
The Backward Shadow is a worthy sequel to The L-Shaped Room.
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Guardian praised the characters as "so lively and believable they give the impression of wanting to jump right out of the page and run." Acclaimed writer Edna O'Brien describes Lynne Reid Banks as "one of the most readable, delightful and accomplished novelists writing today."
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780099529071
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 November 2010
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 182g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Lynne Reid Banks was born in London in 1929 and was evacuated to the Canadian prairies during the war. On her return to England she studied at RADA and was an actress in the early 1950s; later she became one of the first two women reporters on British television. Her first book, The L-Shaped Room, was published in 1960 and was an instant and lasting best-seller. Lynne Reid Banks is also a best-selling author of books for children and young adults. Her classic children's novel, The Indian in the Cupboard, has sold over ten million copies worldwide. She lives in London.
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