We Had It So Good - Softcover

Grant, Linda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844086399 ISBN 13: 9781844086399

Publisher: Virago, 2012

Synopsis

Born to hardworking immigrant parents in sunny suburban Los Angeles, Stephen Newman never imagined that he would spend his adult life under the grey skies of north London, would marry Andrea for convenience and stay married, and would watch his children grow into people he cannot fathom. Over forty years he and his friends have built lives of comfort and success, until the events of late middle age and the new century force them to realise that they have always existed in a fool's paradise.

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Review:

Compelling, perceptive and deeply humane (Michael Arditti Daily Mail)

Gripping and stylishly told. Post-war California, Oxford and London are recreated superbly and brightly . . . Grant comes close to creating the perfect novel (Melissa Katsoulis The Times)

My only complaint? I fear I may not read a better book all year (Rosamund Urwin Evening Standard)

Ambitious . . . Like the best novels, it makes you examine your own moral compass alongside that of its characters (Viv Groskop Observer)

'Compelling, perceptive and deeply humane' (Michael Arditti Daily Mail)

'Gripping and stylishly told. Post-war California, Oxford and London are recreated superbly and brightly . . . Grant comes close to creating the perfect novel' (Melissa Katsoulis The Times)

'My only complaint? I fear I may not read a better book all year' (Rosamund Urwin Evening Standard)

'Ambitious . . . Like the best novels, it makes you examine your own moral compass alongside that of its characters' (Viv Groskop Observer)

Book Description:

* Linda Grant's 'best novel yet' (Financial Times) is a thoughtful and engaging story of a London family from the late sixties to the present

About this edition

• Publisher: Virago
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1844086399
• ISBN 13: 9781844086399
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352