The Birds On The Trees

By:

Nina Bawden

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Virago Modern Classics

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The expulsion from school of their eldest son shatters the middle-class secutiry of Maggie, a writer, and Charlie, a journalist. Since childhood, Toby has been diffident and self-absorbed, but the threat of drug taking and his refusal (or inability) to discuss his evident unhappiness, disturbs them sufficiently to seek professional help. Veering between private agony and public cheerfulness, Maggie and Charlie struggle to support their son and cope with the reactions- and advice- of friends and relatives. Noted for the acuity with which she reaches into the heart of relationships, Nina Bawden here excels in revealing the painful, intimate truths of a family in crisis. Toby s situation is explored with great tenderness, while Maggie s grief and self-recrimination are rigorously, if compassionately, observed. It is a novel that raises fundamental questions about parents and their children, and offers tentative hope but no tidy solutions.

Author Biography:

Nina Bawden, CBE, is one of Britain s most distinguished and best-loved novelists. She has published over forty novels and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Circles of Deceit. In 2004 she received the PEN Award for a Lifetime s Service to Literature.

Release date NZ

March 25th, 2010

Author

Nina Bawden

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

208

Series

Virago Modern Classics

Dimensions

153x199x14

ISBN-13

9781853813733

Product ID

6396321

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