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Absolutely and Forever by Rose Tremain
Category: Fiction
A piercing short novel of thwarted love and true friendship from one of our greatest living writers Marianne Clifford, 15, only child of a peppery army colonel and his vain wife, Lal, falls helplessly and absolutely for Simon Hurst, 18, whose cleverness and physical beauty suggest that he will go forwa ...Show more
BP Portrait Award: 2010 by Rose Tremain
Category: Art and Design
Featuring sixty works from an international list of artists, the BP Portrait Award highlights the vitality of portrait painting today. This book presents the diverse range of styles in contemporary portraiture and the variety of techniques used by artists working in the field today. Rose Tremain's insig ...Show more
Colonel's Daughter & Other Stories by Rose Tremain
Category: Fiction
At the moment that Colonel Browne is preparing for his later afternoon dip, his daughter Charlotte, carrying a suitcase, is getting out of her car, preparing to rob the ancestral home. It is not just another day: It is the culmination of hundreds of days, hundreds of disappointments and misunderstanding ...Show more
Evangelista's Fan by Rose Tremain
Category: Fiction
A young Italian clockmaker contrives a magical means, not only of repairing time, but also of unlocking the mechanism of sexual happiness.
Friendship: Vintage Minis by Rose Tremain
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Vintage Minis Ser.
Selected from the novels of Rose Tremain. VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. A series of short books by the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us human
Iron Robin by Rose Tremain
Category: Picture Books
From an acclaimed voice in literature comes a children's story steeped in magicFrom an acclaimed voice in literature comes a children's story steeped in magic...Oliver loves birds - watching them soar into the sky and wishing that just sometimes they would stay close.So when he discovers a robin made of ...Show more
Islands of Mercy by Rose Tremain
Category: Fiction
'A hell of a read... more absorbing than most fiction I've read this year' Sunday Times She was 'The Angel of the Baths', the one woman whose touch everybody yearned for. Yet she would do more. She was certain of that. In the city of Bath, in the year 1865, an extraordinary young woman renowned for he ...Show more
Islands of Mercy by Rose Tremain
Category: Fiction
She was 'The Angel of the Baths', the one woman whose touch everybody yearned for. Yet she would do more. She was certain of that. In the city of Bath, in the year 1865, an extraordinary young woman renowned for her nursing skills is convinced that some other destiny will one day show itself to her. Bu ...Show more
Islands of Mercy by Rose Tremain
Category: Fiction
An audacious novel about destiny and desire from the incomparable Rose TremainAll must gamble with their fate. But not all can win...In the city of Bath, in the year 1865 Jane Adeane, renowned for her restorative skills, is convinced that some other destiny will one day show itself to her. But when she ...Show more
Letter to Sister Benedicta by Rose Tremain
Category: Fiction
Ruby has reached a point of crisis. Fat and 50, educated only to look after her family, she can see no future. In her imagination she turns to Sister Benedicta. As Ruby starts to tell her everything, it is clear that Ruby has a capacity to love and understand that is far greater than she imagined. Fi ...Show more