The Bookshop

Author: Penelope Fitzgerald

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  • : 22.99 AUD
  • : 9780006543541
  • : HarperCollins Publishers
  • : 4th Estate GB
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  • : 0.132
  • : December 2002
  • : 197mm X 130mm
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  • : 22.99
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  • : books

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  • : Penelope Fitzgerald
  • : Paperback
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Barcode 9780006543541
9780006543541

Description

Penelope Fitzgerald's wonderful Booker-nominated novel. This, Penelope Fitzgerald's second novel, was her first to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It is set in a small East Anglian coastal town, where Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop. 'She had a kind heart, but that is not much use when it comes to the matter of self-preservation.' Hardborough becomes a battleground, as small towns so easily do. Florence has tried to change the way things have always been done, and as a result, she has to take on not only the people who have made themselves important, but natural and even supernatural forces too. This is a story for anyone who knows that life has treated them with less than justice.