Falling - Softcover

Howard, Elizabeth Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447272390 ISBN 13: 9781447272397

Publisher: Picador, 2015

Synopsis

From, Elizabeth Jane Howard, the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles, Falling is a haunting portrait of romantic manipulation.

'A novel which, although full of subtle touches, is as unputdownable as any thriller' – The Times

Harry Kent is a sensitive man in late middle age, a reader and a thinker, without means perhaps but not without charm.

Daisy has recovered from her unhappy past by learning to be self-sufficient, and viewing trust as a weakness. But there is still a part of her that yearns to be cared for once more.

It is this part that Henry sees, and with dedicated and calculated patience he works at her defences. So despite all attempts to resist his attentions, Daisy finds herself falling under Henry's spell . . .

'Her talent seemed so effervescent, so unstoppable, that there was no predicting where it might take her' – Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall

About this title

About the Author

Elizabeth Jane Howard was the author of fifteen highly acclaimed novels. The Cazalet Chronicles – The Light Years, Marking Time, Confusion, Casting Off and All Change – have become established as modern classics and have been adapted for a major BBC television series and for BBC Radio 4. In 2002 Macmillan published Elizabeth Jane Howard's autobiography, Slipstream. In that same year she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. She died, aged 90, at home in Suffolk on 2 January 2014.

From the Back Cover

Meet Henry: a man dedicated to love and all it entails. He knows a lot about women, if only from the books he's read; but at sixty, he's found himself alone.

Then there's Daisy: recovering from an unhappy past and determined to be self-sufficient, she's learnt that trust only leads to weakness. But there will always be a part of her that yearns to be cared for once more.

It is this part that Henry sees, and with calculated patience he works at her defences. It will take everything Daisy has to resist him, and stop herself from falling under his spell . . .

'A novel which, although full of subtle touches, is as unputdownable as any thriller' The Times

'An engaging study of love which explores our deepest needs and desires' Tatler

'Enthralling . . . Falling may be the best [book] she has ever written' Independent

Edition details

• Publisher: Picador
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447272390
• ISBN 13: 9781447272397
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448