The Time Of Our Lives - Softcover

Imogen, Parker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0593052943 ISBN 13: 9780593052945

Publisher: Bantam Press, 2006

Synopsis

This work is set in June, 1953. England is gripped by Coronation fever as the young Queen Elizabeth is crowned. At the Palace Hotel on the south coast, owned for generations by the King family, the eldest daughter, Libby, prepares to host a Coronation party - her first big event as proprietor. Among the citizens of Kingshaven gathering at the hotel for the celebrations is a reluctant guest, Michael Quinn, a young school teacher recently arrived in the town from the North, who has only accepted the invitation under pressure from his socially ambitious wife, Sylvia. When he meets Claudia, also an outsider in Kingshaven's insular world, there is an instant, electric attraction between them which will irrevocably change the course of their lives. From the New Look to the mini-skirt, from flower arranging to flower power, "The Time Of Our Lives" follows the events of a town whose events seem uncannily to reflect the history of the nation.

About this title

About the Author

Imogen Parker is a former literary agent and the acclaimed author of several novels published by Black Swan. She lives on the south coast with her husband and son.

From the Inside Flap

June 1953, and the South Coast town of Kingshaven is gripped by Coronation fever.Libby King prepares to host a party her first big event as proprietor at the Palace, the luxurious hotel owned for generations by her family.Among those gathered to celebrate the dawn of the New Elizabethan age is Michael Quinn, a young schoolteacher recently arrived from the North, who has only accepted the invitation under pressure from his socially ambitious wife, Sylvia. When he meets Claudia Dearchild, also an outsider in this insular world, there is an instant, electric attraction which will irrevocably change the course of all their lives.

The Time of our Lives deftly combines social comedy with acute observation of post-war life.Imogen Parker s unfolding story of family and individuals against a backdrop of huge social change is written with beguiling warmth and humanity. Helen Dunmore, author of The Siege

Across the austere fifties and the rebellious sixties, Imogen Parker charts the tumultuous events in a town whose history seems uncannily to reflect the history of the nation.At once a heart-breaking love story and a captivating chronicle of our times, this is the first novel in a powerful, poignant and intoxicating trilogy about the passions and fashions of the last fifty years.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593052943
• ISBN 13: 9780593052945
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 560