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Description
An unforgettable, suspenseful novel about childhood, grief and Cold War paranoia
'Harding skilfully weaves together history, memory and imagination in this haunting and beautifully written novel about how, chameleon-like, we construct our own identities' Daily Mail
On a freezing January morning in 1961, eight-year-old Anna's mother disappears into the fog.
That same morning, a spy case breaks in the news. Obsessed by stories of espionage, Anna's brother Peter begins to construct a theory that their mother, a refugee from eastern Germany, was an undercover spy and might even still be alive. As life returns to normal, Anna struggles to sort fact from fantasy. Did her mother have a secret life?
And how do you know who a person was when she's already dead?
Product details
| Published | 01 Mar 2010 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 320 |
| ISBN | 9781408801000 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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'It is the calm quietness of her writing that is so appealing - she lays an image down so gently that it floats in the mind long after'
Margaret Forster
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'Very impressive, ... moving and beautifully written. A subtly understated account of a complex childhood'
Charles Palliser
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