by A . L . Kennedy (Author)
Mary Margaret Hamilton was educated in Scotland. She was born there too. These may not have been the best possible options, but they were the only ones on offer at the time. Although her father did his best, her knowledge of life is perhaps a little incomplete. Margaret knows the best way to look at the moon, how to wake on time and how to breathe fire. Now she must learn how to live. A. L. Kennedy's absorbing, moving and gently political first novel dissects the intricate difficulties of human relationships, from Margaret's passionate attachment to her father and her more problematic involvement with Colin, her lover, to the wider social relations between pupil and teacher, employer and employee, individual and state.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: UK ed.
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 14 Feb 1994
ISBN 10: 0749397586
ISBN 13: 9780749397586
Book Overview: 'Praise the Lord and pass the orchids - a real writer is among us, with a beautiful first novel' Julie Burchill
Prizes: Winner of Somerset Maugham Award 1994.