
Tommy Glover's Sketch of Heaven
(2005)A novel by
Jane Bailey
| "A vivid and involving story that reaches a truly page-turning climax." Barbara Trapido |
| "Absorbing, compelling and intensely moving." Lesley Glaister |
| "A gentle, poignant, achingly funny tale." Serena Mackesy |
When Kitty Green returns to the Gloucestershire school where she was once a child evacuee during World World II, she discovers that it is to be rehoused on the premises of the old boys' home Heaven House. At the time Kitty had been inseparable from one of its inmates, Tommy Glover, and so she begins to reminisce... In 1944 eight-year-old Kitty is placed in Sheepcote village with a cold, unhappy couple Joyce and Jack Shepherd, who find her Cockney chirpiness repugnant. They also have problems of their own: 'Aunty' Joyce nurses a phobia against germs while 'Uncle' Jack seeks solace from his frigid wife in the pages of the Bible. Neither Joyce nor Jack approve of Kitty's friendship with Tommy, and even seem to nurse a mysterious hatred of him. Starved of affection herself, Kitty soon befriends all outsiders in the village she sees as missing home or longing for love: American airmen, gypsies, German POWs, orphans, and above all, her beloved Tommy. In the end, it is her relentless curiosity that slowly transforms the lives of the strangely unhappy Joyce and Jack. But it is only when a long-buried secret is finally exposed that the lives of nearly everybody in the village are changed forever.
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Hardback Editions
August 2005 : Hardback
| Title: Thorndike Buckinghams - Large Print - Tommy Glover's Sketch of Heaven Author(s): Jane Bailey ISBN: 0-7862-7634-7 / 978-0-7862-7634-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2005 : Hardback
| Title: Tommy Glover's Sketch of Heaven Author(s): Jane Bailey ISBN: 0-7867-1496-4 / 978-0-7867-1496-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Carroll & Graf Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2005 : Hardback
| Title: Tommy Glover's Sketch of Heaven Author(s): Jane Bailey ISBN: 1-84529-123-9 / 9781845291235 (UK edition) Publisher: Robinson Publishing Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
2006 : Paperback
| Title: Tommy Glover's Sketch of Heaven Author(s): Jane Bailey ISBN: 1-4056-2119-2 / 978-1-4056-2119-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Paragon Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
May 2005 : Paperback
| Title: Tommy Glover's Sketch of Heaven Author(s): Jane Bailey ISBN: 1-84529-090-9 / 9781845290900 (UK edition) Publisher: Robinson Publishing Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
August 2005 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Tommy Glover's Sketch of Heaven Author(s): Jane Bailey ISBN: 1-84559-189-5 / 9781845591892 (UK edition) Publisher: Soundings Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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