Penguin Random House South Africa
Categories: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, International Fiction, Adult
ISBN: 9780141019451
Published: July 2006
Imprint: Penguin
Page Extent: 464
Format: Paperback
RRP 275.00
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From the acclaimed author of Swing Time, White Teeth and Grand Union, discover a brilliantly funny and deeply moving story about love and family
Why do we fall in love with the people we do? Why do we visit our mistakes on our children? What makes life truly beautiful?
Set between New England and London, On Beauty concerns a pair of feuding families - the Belseys and the Kipps - and a clutch of doomed affairs. It puts low morals among high ideals and asks some searching questions about what life does to love. For the Belseys and the Kipps, the confusions - both personal and...
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