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Come and Tell Me Some Lies

Come and Tell Me Some Lies

by RaffaellaBarker (Author)

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    Paperback 2014

    $14.45
Synopsis

Gabriella lives in a damp, ramshackle, book-strewn farmhouse in Norfolk with her tempestuous poet father and unconventional mother. Alongside her ever expanding set of siblings and half-siblings, numerous pets and her father's rag-tag admirers, Gabriella navigates a chaotic childhood of wild bohemian parties and fluctuating levels of poverty. Longing to be normal, Gabriella enrols in a strict day school, only to find herself balancing two very different lives. Struggling to keep the eccentricities of her family contained, her failure to achieve conformity amongst her peers is endearing, and absolute. Come and Tell Me Some Lies is Raffaella Barker's enchanting first novel - a humorous, bittersweet tale of a girl who longs to be normal, and a family that can't help be anything but.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 240
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Published: 08 May 2014
ISBN 10: 1408850672
ISBN 13: 9781408850671
Book Overview: The classic story of a chaotic, creative family

Media Reviews
A gentle, charming account of a family of cosmopolitan sophistication living in a rural shambles ... What emerges at the end ... is an enormous sense of privilege in growing up among such vibrant, affectionate characters * Evening Standard *
The whole is suffused with love. To write well and with such open-hearted affection is an achievement * Observer *
A funny, though sometimes melancholy, story of irresponsible and drunken bohemianism ... A clever and touching debut * Guardian *
I love Raffaella Barker's books - so funny and acerbic * Maggie O'Farrell *
[A] highly assured beginning ... She writes beautifully ... combining, with apparent ease, emotion and admirable precision * Independent on Sunday *
Author Bio
Raffaella Barker, daughter of the poet George Barker, was born and brought up in the Norfolk countryside. She is the author of seven other novels: The Hook; Hens Dancing; Summertime; Green Grass; Poppyland; A Perfect Life and, most recently, From a Distance. She has also written a novel for young adults, Phosphorescence. She is a regular contributor to the Sunday Times and the Sunday Telegraph, and teaches on the Literature and Creative Writing BA at the University of East Anglia and the Guardian UEA Novel Writing Masterclass. Raffaella Barker lives by the sea in north Norfolk. www.raffaellabarker.co.uk