False Pretences"Teasing out the extraordinary within the everyday, False Pretences is a contemporary novel in mosaic. Through the separate yet interlinked stories, it traces the lives of two women as they deal with the complexities of love, private terrors, violence and - most precarious of all - hope. There is mystery, wry humour, sometimes tragedy be-neath the jaunty surfaces glimpsed through the years, until, by the end, we have encompassed their lives." |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 16
Page 42
... leaves into her bread and cheese . If there was a rosemary bush she rubbed the spiky leaves between her fingers and into her hair , surrounding her- self with fragrance . Occasionally there were roses , old , floppy ones . Last week she ...
... leaves into her bread and cheese . If there was a rosemary bush she rubbed the spiky leaves between her fingers and into her hair , surrounding her- self with fragrance . Occasionally there were roses , old , floppy ones . Last week she ...
Page 103
... leaf by leaf , was the sign Gloria looked for . As the creeper flamed across the wire - netting fence of the used car showroom on the corner , and wool jackets in the new season's colour went into boutique windows , she had , as always ...
... leaf by leaf , was the sign Gloria looked for . As the creeper flamed across the wire - netting fence of the used car showroom on the corner , and wool jackets in the new season's colour went into boutique windows , she had , as always ...
Page 277
... leaf fallen from a tree planted nearby and put it in her pocket . Driving back to the hotel she held it out to the interpreter , hoping for a significant moment : ' Could this , by any chance , be from a cherry tree ? ' He took the leaf ...
... leaf fallen from a tree planted nearby and put it in her pocket . Driving back to the hotel she held it out to the interpreter , hoping for a significant moment : ' Could this , by any chance , be from a cherry tree ? ' He took the leaf ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
arms asked began blue body called carried Chadwick changed child closed Connie course dance dark door dress English eyes face father feel feet felt fingers floor Flora flowers French garden gave girl give glanced glass hair hand head held It's Italy John Josie keep kitchen knew later laughed leaves light London looked Millie mother moved never Nick night offered once pale past paused perhaps picked problem pulled question reached remember round Sanjay seated seemed sense silence smile sound stayed steps stopped street sugar suit Susan talked things thought told took train trees turned waiting walked walls watched waved wedding window woman women wondered young