Colonel's Daughter and Other Stories - Hardcover

Tremain, Rose

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671504630 ISBN 13: 9780671504632

Publisher: Summit Books, 1984

Synopsis

Stories deal with the feminist daughter of wealthy parents, an English banker and his wife who vacation in Florida, a disillusioned actor, and a blind man's remarriage

About this title

Review:

"Rose Tremain goes from strength to strength... A riveting and satisfying read" (New Statesman)

"A true writer of fiction... A writer whose every book has been a pleasure" (Scotsman)

"Demonstrates a wry talent and considerable fertility of imagination" (Guardian)

"The dialogue and off-beat humour are spot on" (Daily Telegraph)

From the Publisher:

'Demonstrates a wry talent' Guardian
'A true writer of fiction...A writer whose every book has been a pleasure' Scotsman

At the moment that Colonel Browne is standing in the shallow end of the swimming pool of the Hotel Alpenrose, preparing for his late afternoon dip, his daughter Charlotte, carrying a suitcase, is getting out of her car back in England, preparing to rob the ancestral home. It is not just another day: it is the cuilmination of hundreds of days, hundreds of disappointments and misunderstandings, and thousands of very small lies...

'Rose Tremain goes from strength to strength. The Colonel's Daughter is a winner...a riveting and satisfying read' New Statesman

'Dialogue and off-beat humour are spot on' Daily Telegraph

About this edition

• Publisher: Summit Books
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0671504630
• ISBN 13: 9780671504632
• Binding: Hardcover