A House for Alice

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A House for Alice

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Author :   Diana Evans
Publisher :   Chatto & Windus
Published :   06/04/2023
ISBN :   9781784744267
Format :   Hardback
Pages :   352
Size (mm) :   241x162x31
Weight (g) :   556

Alice wants to go home to die but isn't certain when this will be. Her three daughters are divided on whether she stays or goes, and tasked with realising her dream of a house in Nigeria, conflict stirs and old wounds rise to the surface. Meanwhile, their... Read more
 
Alice wants to go home to die but isn't certain when this will be. Her three daughters are divided on whether she stays or goes, and tasked with realising her dream of a house in Nigeria, conflict stirs and old wounds rise to the surface. Meanwhile, their father wanders the flames of purgatory, unable to pass into the light. Will Alice get back home and complete the circle of her life, or will London be her final refuge? Melissa, to her mother's regret, is long separated from Michael who's moved on to new love. Yet he still wonders if he'll ever know anyone the way he knew Melissa, and she in turn is nostalgic for their once safe haven. Held together by their two children, it seems their own circle is not quite broken. Set against the shadows of Grenfell and a country in crisis, these people are faced with fundamental questions about who they are, what they want and where, and with whom, they want to be.