A Day Like Any Other : fans of Gail Honeyman will love this - Softcover

Isla Dewar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846974909 ISBN 13: 9781846974908

Publisher: Polygon (An Imprint of Birlinn Limited), 2020

Synopsis

You can't change your past. You can only use the experiences you live through to make your future better, wiser. Anna and her best friend George meet every week to remember, to sigh, to laugh, to reminisce about their moments of glory, guilt and mischief and share their sorrows over a glass or three of wine. The things they've done still make them blush. Anna wanted to be a poet - a famous poet. George left home in a childish rage and years later returned with her baby.

When Anna is asked to look after the boy across the road for a few hours each week, she isn't sure. She doesn't really do children. But she takes the job on and, gradually, a child's view of her world shows her a different place.

George remembers a flat she stayed in when she ran away from home. It had the kitchen of all kitchens and, oh, how she'd love to see it again. Anna sets out to see if it still exists and discovers a cookbook full of recipes, intimates notes and drawings from George's life.

Does all this mark an ending or the beginning of something new and marvellous for Anna and George?

About this title

About the Author

Isla Dewar worked as a magazine journalist (it was all rock'n'roll and other delicious agonies) before writing her first novel, Keeping Up With Magda. Her books have been listed for various awards and translated into seventeen languages. One, Women Talking Dirty, was filmed; Isla wrote the script. She has had children so knows a little about life. She lives with her husband of many years in Fife. And still she writes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Polygon (An Imprint of Birlinn Limited)
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846974909
• ISBN 13: 9781846974908
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 256