Cousins

Author: Salley Vickers

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  • : $37.00 NZD
  • : 9780241187722
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
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  • : July 2016
  • : United Kingdom
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Description

How much can love ask of us? Brilliant and mercurial Will Tye suffers a life changing accident. The terrible event ripples through three generations of the complex and eccentric Tye family, bringing to light old tragedies and dangerous secrets. Each member of the family holds some clue to the chain of events which may have led to the accident and each holds themselves to blame. Most closely affected is Will's cousin Cecelia, whose affinity with Will leaves her most vulnerable to his suffering and whose own life is for ever changed by how she will respond to it. Told through the eyes of three women close to Will, his sister, his grandmother and his aunt, Cousins is a novel weaving darkness and light which takes us from the outbreak of World War Two to the present day, exploring the recurrence of tragedy, the nature of trangression, and the limits of morality and love.

Reviews

Beautifully and brilliantly controlled. A triumph John Julius Norwich on 'Miss Garnet's Angel' Absorbing, subtle and utterly joyous Sunday Times on 'The Cleaner of Chartres' A magical and at times sinister story about love, loss, secrets and forgiveness Scotland on Sunday on 'The Cleaner of Chartres' Touches lightly on the seedy side of human nature Observer on 'The Cleaner of Chartres'

Author description

Salley Vickers is the author of several bestselling novels including Miss Garnet's Angel, Mr Golightly's Holiday, The Other Side of You and Dancing Backwards. Her most recent books are The Cleaner of Chartres (Viking 2012) and short story collection The Boy Who Could See Death (Viking 2015). She has worked as a cleaner, a dancer, a teacher of children with special needs, a university lecturer and a psychoanalyst.