Sisters By A River: A Virago Modern Classic (Virago Modern Classics) - Softcover

Comyns, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844088375 ISBN 13: 9781844088379

Publisher: Virago, 2013

Synopsis

On the banks of the River Avon, five sisters are born. The seasons come and go, the girls take their lessons under the ash tree, and always there is the sound of water swirling through the weir. Then, unexpectedly, an air of decay descends upon the house: ivy grows unchecked over the windows, angry shouts split the summer air, the milk sours in the larder and their father takes out his gun. Tragedy strikes the family, and before long the furniture is being auctioned off and the sisters dispersed among relatives. In her daring first novel, originally published in 1947, Barbara Comyns' unique young heroine relates the vivid, funny and bittersweet story of a childhood.

About this title

Review:

The characters seem to exist in a perpetual Mad Hatter's tea-party

An off-beat humour

All of her books read as if she wrote them effortlessly

Book Description:

Barbara Comyns' classic first novel weaves a vivid, funny tale - told in the unique style of her young narrator - of a chaotic and ultimately tragic childhood on the banks of the River Avon.

About this edition

• Publisher: Virago
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1844088375
• ISBN 13: 9781844088379
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208