by Clare Morrall (Author)
The world is a puzzling, sometimes frightening place for Jessica Fontaine. As a child she only finds contentment in playing the piano and wandering alone in the empty spaces of Audlands Hall, the dilapidated country house where she grows up.
Twenty-five years later, divorced, with her son still living at home, Jessica remains preoccupied by the desire to create space around her. Then her volatile ex-husband reappears, the first of several surprises that both transform Jessica's present and give her a startling new perspective on the past.
THE LANGUAGE OF OTHERS tells the absorbing story of a woman who spends much of her life feeling that she is out of step with the real world, until she discovers why. Related with humour and compassion, it offers a fresh, illuminating insight into what it means to be normal.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Publisher: Sceptre
Published: 16 Oct 2008
ISBN 10: 0340896671
ISBN 13: 9780340896679
Book Overview: The wise, warm story of a woman negotiating her way through life without realising she doesn't understand the rules of the game, by the Booker-shortlisted author of Astonishing Splashes of Colour