Imprint: Vintage
Published: 18/05/1995
ISBN: 9780099479918
Length: 448 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 28mm x 129mm
Weight: 309g
RRP: £10.99
Frederica Potter arrives at Cambridge University greedy for knowledge, sex and love. It isn’t long before she becomes infatuated with a mysterious and controlling poet. Back in Yorkshire, her sister Stephanie abandons academia and is confronted with the boredom and frustrations of motherhood. Meanwhile, their younger brother Marcus begins to recover from a nervous breakdown. Each sibling is desperate to shape their own future, but a horrifying event will soon change their lives forever.
Imprint: Vintage
Published: 18/05/1995
ISBN: 9780099479918
Length: 448 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 28mm x 129mm
Weight: 309g
RRP: £10.99
"Marvellous... A major novel, inspiring laughter and tears"
"Glorious… Frederica is a magnificent creation; awkward, fierce, intellectually voracious and sexually inexperienced"
"Affords enormous and continuous pleasure"
"Byatt is a wonderful writer, constantly engaging wherever she takes us"