Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2008
Spanning a time from 1950's London to the present day we follow Vivien's story to discover her family history, her parents are immigrants who have kept her sheltered from their past, and to find her own place in the world. A moving and tender novel.
In a red brick mansion block off the Marylebone Road, Vivien, a sensitive, bookish girl grows up sealed off from both past and present by her timid refugee parents. Then one morning a glamorous uncle appears, dressed in a mohair suit, with a diamond watch on his wrist and a girl in a leopard-skin hat on his arm. Why is Uncle Sandor so violently unwelcome in her parents' home?
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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In a red brick mansion block off the Marylebone Road, Vivien, a sensitive, bookish girl grows up sealed off from both past and present by her timid refugee parents. Then one morning a glamorous uncle appears, dressed in a mohair suit, with a diamond watch on his wrist and a girl in a leopard-skin hat on his arm.
The Clothes on Their Backs features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
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The Clothes on Their Backs was written by Linda Grant and published by Little, Brown Book Group
The Clothes on Their Backs has 293 pages
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