Winner of the Costa Novel Award 2006.
Judges' comment: "Beautifully crafted. Boyd gives us a page-turner, despite the story's complex wartime intrigue. Restless is packed with riveting detail: it is a novel reeking of authenticity."
What happens to your life when everything you thought you knew about your mother turns out to be an elaborate lie? During the long, hot summer of 1976, Ruth Gilmartin discovers that her very English mother Sally is really Eva Delectorskaya, a Russian émigré and one-time spy.
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What happens to your life when everything you thought you knew about your mother turns out to be an elaborate lie? During the long, hot summer of 1976, Ruth Gilmartin discovers that her very English mother Sally is really Eva Delectorskaya, a Russian émigré and one-time spy. In 1939 Eva is a beautiful twenty-eight year old living in Paris.
Restless features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Espionage and spy thriller, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations, Thriller and Suspense
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Restless was written by William Boyd and published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
