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A Little Stranger

A Little Stranger

by KatePullinger (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

    $3.33

  • Used

    Paperback 2007

    $3.19
Synopsis

There is nothing wrong with Fran. There is nothing wrong with her marriage to Nick; they've been married for more than a dozen years, since they were eighteen. There is nothing wrong with her little boy Louis; he has good health and a sweet nature. They all live together in their little London flat, And then one day, Fran walks away. While Nick is left on his own, struggling to cope with Louis while running his own restaurant. Meanwhile the novel moves from London to Las Vegas, back to London and then on to Vancouver, as Fran embarks on a search for her own mother, Iren! "A Little Stranger" explores the pressures that come to bear on the modern nuclear family. It's about how to be a good parent; how to escape your parents, and find them once again; how to grieve; and, most importantly, how to be happy.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 17 Jan 2006
ISBN 10: 1852429143
ISBN 13: 9781852429140

Media Reviews
Pullinger is an astonishingly powerful author who deserves the widest readership. A Little Stranger is that extraordinary thing: a mix of literary excellence and finesse combined with a very ordinary and accessible look at life * Sunday Express *
In her short story writing, Kate Pullinger specialises in close-ups, her remorselessly lucid prose forcing us nose-to-nose with fascinating yet recognisable characters. Like a great photographer, she never tells too much, but leaves us wondering about her suspended, elusive creatures... Most striking of all, a young mother abandons her toddler to a tantrum in the organics supermarket and goes to the newsagent, where she browses in the magazines for a trace of her former self. It is a horrific moment, brilliantly conceived, set and written -- Kate Clanchy * Scotland on Sunday *
Beautifully written and executed * Daily Mail *
Intimate, intense and absorbing, Kate Pullinger's haunting story about an ordinary girl who does an extraordinary thing - abandons her baby, her husband and her home and gets on a plane to Las Vegas- is as disturbing as it is subtle. Pullinger's characters inhabit a fragile, yet familiar world, filled with echoes of all our families: our parents, siblings, partners, children. Before you take the risk and have that baby, read this book. * Patricia Duncker *
Author Bio
Kate Pullinger was born in Canada, and moved to London in 1982 where she still lives. She is the author of Tiny Lies, a collection of short stories, and the novels When the Monster Dies and Weird Sister. She collaborated with Jane Campion on the novel of the film The Piano, and has written for film, television and radio. She is currently lecturer in Creative Writing and New Media at De Montfort University.