Rites of Spring - Hardcover

Duchen, Jessica

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0340839309 ISBN 13: 9780340839300

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 2006

Synopsis

Paralysed by grief and guilt after his mother's death, Adam turns down a promotion to art director of an upscale men's magazine. His wife Sasha has just turned 40 and thinks that her unemployed, depressed, lying around the house smoking dope husband just doesn't fancy her any more. They are both too absorbed in themselves, their own problems and the logistics of running a household that contains two eight-year-old boys, to notice that thirteen-year-old Liffy is teetering on the verge of anorexia. And then she falls in.

Liffy's aunt, Lisa, knows something is wrong, but is distracted by her work as a lecturer in music and her rollercoaster affair with a Russian pianist. Will someone see what's happening to Liffy before it's too late?

About this title

About the Author

Jessica Duchen was born in London and grew up with music and writing as twin passions. She has written for publications including the Independent and BBC Music Magazine and as a music journalist has interviewed most of today's greatest musicians. Her books include biographies of the composers Gabriel Fauré and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. She lives in south-west London with her violinist husband.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340839309
• ISBN 13: 9780340839300
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384