A Sweet Obscurity
- Author Patrick Gale
- Narrator Patrick Gale
- Publisher Headline
- Run Time 14 hours and 38 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Modern and contemporary fiction.
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What to expect
Bittersweet and startling, A SWEET OBSCURITY is a novel of childhood, love and the consequences of how lives are lived.
'Intriguing and impressive. A memorable study of a child forced cruelly, even tragically, to grow up too soon' Sunday Times
Since her mother's death, nine year old Dido has been living with her eccentric aunt, acting as peacekeeper between Eliza, her estranged husband Giles and his girlfriend. They are each cruelly burdened in different ways. Chance draws them down to Cornwall, where a country idyll offers to lighten their urban cares. Eliza falls in love with local farmer, Pearce, an event that causes the four adults to re-assess their lives, with some painful and unforeseen consequences for adults and child alike.
(P)2018 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
'Intriguing and impressive. A memorable study of a child forced cruelly, even tragically, to grow up too soon' Sunday Times
Since her mother's death, nine year old Dido has been living with her eccentric aunt, acting as peacekeeper between Eliza, her estranged husband Giles and his girlfriend. They are each cruelly burdened in different ways. Chance draws them down to Cornwall, where a country idyll offers to lighten their urban cares. Eliza falls in love with local farmer, Pearce, an event that causes the four adults to re-assess their lives, with some painful and unforeseen consequences for adults and child alike.
(P)2018 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
Critics Review
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Intriguing and impressive. A memorable study of a child forced cruelly, even tragically, to grow up too soon
Sunday Times -
Flawless
TLS -
A rich comedy of sexual and familial confusions…a rare and welcome fictional voice
The Times -
It amuses, startles and occasionally bewilders. A Sweet Obscurity is worth every minute of your time
Independent
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