Ordinary Families - Softcover

Robertson, Eileen Arnot

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385279353 ISBN 13: 9780385279352

Publisher: Dial Press, 1982

Synopsis

'I was running on happily because it was so good to be able to watch him under cover of my own talk, knowing exactly now what I wanted of him - mind, body, everything'

Lallie is one of four children of the eccentric, quintessentially English Rush family. Boating, bird watching and inter-family rivalry are the focus of life in their village - Pin Mill, on the Suffolk marshes. Brought up on fair play and the 'family sense of humour' the Rush children soon learn to fend for themselves - on water and on dry land. We watch as Lallie grows to adulthood; loving and hating her 'ordinary' family, carving a space for herself in the shadow of her beautiful sister Margaret, who claims the lion's share of everything. But Lallie is special too, clear, clear-sighted, sexually aware. Just as well, for to keep the man she loves she faces the biggest family fight of all...

About this title

Book Description:

First published in 1933, Ordinary Families, is a Virago Modern Classic

About the Author:

E. Arnot Robertson (1903-1961) wrote eight novels. Combining wit with a talent for storytelling and a realistic romantic eye, she was one of the most popular English novelists of the 1930s and 40s.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dial Press
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0385279353
• ISBN 13: 9780385279352
• Binding: Paperback