The White Stuff - Hardcover

Armitage, Simon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0753171937 ISBN 13: 9780753171936

Publisher: ISIS Large Print Books, 2004

Synopsis

Felix and Abbie are happily married, living somewhere in the Pennines, but there is a sadness in their lives - they've been trying to have a baby for the last five years with no luck. They've done the fertility tests - no explanation. Felix can cope, but Abbie is haunted by her childlessness.

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Review:

Felix and Hannah are trying for a baby, without much luck. This Felix can live with, but not Hannah. So together they travel from their Pennines home out into a wider Britain, searching for a baby as well as for Hannah's own mother, for Hannah was an adopted child. Two journeys in search of a family that move across a contemporary landscape that will be familiar to readers from the author's previous prose works. Simon Armitage is famous for his poetry, of course, but also for the travel book/memoir All Points North and one previous novel, Little Green Man (currently being filmed by the BBC). It is quite possible that in a few years time he will be better known, at least to a wider audience, as a novelist who started out writing poetry.

About the Author:

Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire in 1963, and is regarded as one of the leading poets of his generation. After university he worked as a probation officer in Manchester; he also presented Radio 4's poetry series Stanza for five years. His first prose book ALL POINTS NORTH was published by Viking in 1998. His first novel LITTLE GREEN MAN was published by Viking in 2001. His most recent projects include a translation of THE ODYSSEY for Radio 4, and a screenplay for the BBC. He lives near Huddersfield.

About this edition

• Publisher: ISIS Large Print Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0753171937
• ISBN 13: 9780753171936
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336