I ought to tell you at the beginning that I am not quite normal having had a violent experience at the age of nine'Jessica Vye's 'violent experience' colours her schooldays and her reaction to the world around her- a confining world of...

God on the Rocks von Gardam, Jane

In 1904, when she was six, Polly Flint went to live with her two holy aunts at the yellow house by the marsh - so close to the sea that it seemed to toss like a ship, so isolated that she might have been marooned on an island. And there...

When Polly Flint was six she was sent to live with her two holy aunts close to the Irish Sea. For Polly the world of booksNespecially Defoe's novel "Robinson Crusoe"Nbecame a life saving source of emotional and intellectual nourishment....

Das preisgekrönte Debüt der Bestsellerautorin - endlich auf Deutsch! Hat es je eine so entwaffnend direkte Ich-Erzählerin gegeben? Jessica sagt bedingungslos und in den unmöglichsten Momenten die Wahrheit - eine Eigenschaft, die im...

The Stories von Gardam, Jane

*A classic novel of English adolescence von Gardam, Jane

'Just as devotees of certain television shows dream of finding lost episodes and Beatles fans imagine opening a box and fishing out recordings of forgotten studio sessions, so readers long for ways to extend the pleasure they receive...

A delightful and touching novel, set in the post-war summer of 1946 as three young women start to find their way in the adult world. von Gardam, Jane

"A quirky coming-of-age story . . . Female adolescence as imagined by one of the 20th century's best-and most peculiar-writers" (Kirkus Reviews).Originally published in 1977, Jane Gardams Bilgewater is an affectionate and complex...

"Pure delight . . . One perfect story after another" from the Whitbread Award-winning author of the Old Filth trilogy (The Sunday Telegraph).From the inimitable Jane Gardam, whose Old Filth trilogy cemented her status as one of England's...

The marriage of Edward Feathers and Betty as seen through the eyes of Edward's friend and Betty's lover Terry Veneering in the third book in the Old Filth trilogy ("Old Filth," "The Man in the Wooden Hat," "Last Friends"). von Gardam, Jane