Saturday Lunch with the Brownings

Name: Saturday Lunch with the Brownings
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781911547723
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By Penelope Mortimer

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Summary

Saturday Lunch with the Brownings delves into the complexities of family relationships and personal identity. As the characters gather for a seemingly ordinary family meal, underlying tensions and individual conflicts subtly unfold. Mortimer crafts an insightful exploration of human emotion, revealing the intricate dynamics and unspoken desires that reside within a family.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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You might enjoy this novel if you're intrigued by stories that delve into the complexities of family dynamics and quiet domestic tensions. Penelope Mortimer offers a keen exploration of personal relationships and the subtle undercurrents of life, making it a compelling read for those who appreciate character-driven narratives.

Saturday Lunch with the Brownings

Penelope Mortimer's only collection of short stories.

Description

A mother and her young son arrive at a rental house in rural France only to find themselves locked out; a fractious family of five try and get through a Saturday at home together; a publisher with a penchant for parties reconnects with an old acquaintance who's the life and soul; and a woman in a maternity ward is an unwitting witness to a disturbing drama behind the hospital curtains next to her.

Sharp, unsettling, and darkly humorous, Saturday Lunch with the Brownings is fiction drawn from life that unerringly captures the complexities and cruelties of family dynamics.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781911547723

Publisher: Daunt Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 July 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Daunt Books

Contributors:

Introduction by Lucy Scholes

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 288

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About the Author

Penelope Mortimer (1918-1999) was born in Wales. In 1947 her first novel, Johanna, was published and she began writing for The New Yorker. Mortimer wrote nine novels, including Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1958) and two volumes of memoir. Her best-known work, the semi-autobiographical novel The Pumpkin Eater (1962), was adapted for the screen by Harold Pinter and made into a film starring Anne Bancroft.

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