Living In Perhaps

Julia Widdows

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Black Swan
15 September 2009

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

A darkly enticing, wryly narrated story of Middle England menace

Carol has always resented her family - her mother, endlessly knitting, her father and his obsession with next door's encroaching garden hedge, and her brother, ever silent and scheming.

So when she is invited to meet the vibrant, bohemian family next door in their messy house full of books and paintings and empty of rules, Carol soon begins a secret double life over the much-hated garden hedge. Here Carol voices her greatest fantasy and tells her first major lie...that she is adopted.

But on her 16th birthday Carol receives the shock of her life when her wish comes true. And as, years later, Carol frenetically narrates her story from a psychiatric unit, we realise how it affected her and those around her in the darkest of ways...

By: Julia Widdows
Imprint: Black Swan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 315g
ISBN: 9780552775014
ISBN 10: 0552775010
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 15 September 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Julia Widdows was born in London and now lives in Brighton. She is an award-winning short story writer, and has run groups using writing as a therapeutic tool. Julia is married with two sons.

Reviews for Living In Perhaps

An enthralling collection of characters who quickly draw you right into their sinister world. An absolute gem, I couldn't put it down -- Kate Long, Author Of The Bad Mother's Handbook Day-dreamy Carol, the wryly funny and acerbically observant narrator, teasingly reveals her story ... in this smart, sad and funny debut Daily Mail A dark, witty and heart breaking novel where fantasy and reality collide with devastating consequences bettybookmark.co.uk (5 stars)

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