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At The Pond: Swimming At The Hampstead Ladies' Pond by Margaret Drabble,Esther Freud,Sophie Mackintosh
$21.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies) | Reading Level: very good
Tucked away along a shady path towards the north-east edge of Hampstead Heath is a sign: Women Only. This is the Kenwood Ladies’ Bathing Pond. Floating in the Pond’s silky waters, hidden by a canopy of trees, it’s easy to forget that you are in the middle of London. On a hot day, thousands of swimmers f ...Show more
Pure Gold Baby by Margaret Drabble
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
The Pure Gold Baby will both raise you up and break your heart, as it follows Anna, a child of special, unknowable qualities, who also presents profound parental challenges. Over decades, we observe her touch the lives and loves of those around her. Margaret Drabble writes with great beauty, wisdom and ...Show more
The Dark Flood Rises by Margaret Drabble
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
Francesca Stubbs holds our hand as we take a walk through old age and death. Fran brings us to drinks with her dear friends, dropping off mouth-watering suppers for Claude, her ex-husband, warm and cosy in his infirmity. She visits her daughter, Poppet, holed up as the waters rise in a sodden West Count ...Show more
The Dark Flood Rises by Margaret Drabble
$23.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
NEW YORK TIMES100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2017: 'masterly' GUARDIANBEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: 'An absolute tour de force' Fran may be old but she's not going without a fight. So she dyes her hair, enjoys every glass of red wine, drives restlessly around the country and lives in an insalubrious tower block that h ...Show more
The Pure Gold Baby by Margaret Drabble
$23.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
The Pure Gold Babywill raise your spirits and break your heart. Anna is the smiling child with special, unknowable qualities, who also presents profound challenges. And Jess is her charismatic single mother. Over the course of decades, we observe how much Jess loves her surprising daughter, who touches ...Show more
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