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by Libby Purves (Author)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $4.25

  Catherine and Caroline, Toby and Mark were globetrotting siblings: British 'diplo-brats', whose childhood homes lay in Italy or Israel, France or Washington DC - wherever their father was posted at the time. But all that was years ago. Now Catherine is approaching middle-age, married to a life of cheeseparing selflessness looking after young offenders on a chilly organic farm; Mark is a prim supermarket executive, Caroline a wealthy Kensington wife, and Toby - well, Toby is a problem. The joker in the pack. He always was. Amid growing tensions, marriage-fatigue and unspoken resentments, the apparent tragedy of Toby's disappearance jolts his sisters and brother into making angry, anxious journeys: from California to Flanders, back in time and into their own hearts.

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $3.45

• Used

  Hardcover
  1997

  $3.29

  Catherine and Caroline, Toby and Mark were globetrotting siblings: British 'diplo-brats', whose childhood homes lay in Italy or Israel, China or Los Angeles - wherever their father was posted at the time. But all that was years ago. Now Catherine is approaching middle-age, married to a life of selfless cheeseparing idealism on a chilly organic farm; Mark is a prim supermarket executive, Caroline a wealthy young Kensington wife, and Toby - well, Toby is a problem. He always was. Amid growing tensions, marriage-fatigue and singularly pointless feuds between the generations, Toby's mysterious disappearance jolts his sisters and brother into making angry, anxious journeys: across Europe, along California beaches, back in time and into their own hearts.