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A Day Like Any Other
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A Day Like Any Other
Two old friends share wine and memories — and slowly uncover what their lives have really meant.
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About the Ebook
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?Why You'll Love This Ebook
- A warm, deeply felt novel from Isla Dewar, author of Women Talking Dirty
- Two women revisiting moments of glory, guilt and mischief across a lifetime
- A child's view of the world changes everything Anna thought she knew
- Read another celebrated title from Polygon - an imprint of Birlinn Ltd
Reviews
'It rings so true, Dewar evoking the preoccupations of age with a quiet authority.' Herald
'Lines lightly laced with pathos combine to pack a punch so powerful they often leave readers reeling.' Sunday Post
About the Author
Isla Dewar's first book, Keeping Up with Magda, was published in 1995. Dewar found success with her second novel, Women Talking Dirty, the film of which starred Helena Bonham Carter. She contributed to the collection Scottish Girls about Town and has also written for children. Her most recent novel, It Takes One to Know One, was published by Polygon in 2018. Born in Edinburgh, Isla lived in the East Neuk of Fife with her husband, political cartoonist Bob Dewar. She died in July 2021.Publication Details
Publisher: Polygon (an imprint of Birlinn Ltd)
Publication Date: 14 May 2020
Print Length: 256 pages (Ebook edition)
ISBN (Ebook): 9781788852906
Format: Ebook
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