A piercing short novel of thwarted love and true friendship from one of our greatest living writers.
Marianne Clifford,15,only child of a peppery army colonel and his vain wife,Lal,falls helplessly and absolutely for Simon Hurst,18,whose cleverness and physical beauty suggest that he will go forward into a successful and monied future,helped on by doting parents. But fate intervenes. Simon's plans are blown off course,and Marianne is forced to bury her dreams of a future together.
Narrating her own story,characterising herself as ignorant and unworthy,Marianne's telling use of irony and smart thinking gradually suggest to us that she has underestimated her own worth. We begin to believe that - in the end,supported by her courageous Scottish friend,Petronella - she will find the life she never stops craving. But what we can't envisage is that beneath his blithe exterior,Simon Hurst has been nursing a secret which will alter everything.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781784745202Number of pages: 192Weight: 300 gDimensions: 218 x 142 x 24 mm
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PRAISE FOR ABSOLUTELY AND FOREVER:'Stunningly beautiful and deeply moving'
A perfect Tremain novel... English,dark and yearning... remarkable... (Tremain shows) us the things that make every human life extraordinaryFunny,piercing and singular... this gorgeous,pitch-perfect novel is a world unto itself... it's powerful,too... I can't fathom the reason why you wouldn't rush straight out to buy itA slim,funny,elegantly breezy coming-of-age storyA complex tale of becoming that's moving,evocative and mesmerising in its acuityRose Tremain
A critically acclaimed British author and playwright,best-known for her expertly rendered historical fiction Rose Tremain is the author of works including: Restoration,Sacred Country,Music and Silence,Colour,The Darkness of Wallis Simpson,The Road Home,The Gustav Sonata and,most recently,her first work of autobiography,Rosie.
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