A wonderful, richly textured story focusing on several generations of one family through a year of their lives. At the heart of the novel is Lily: sister of Marie (three children, no husband) and Rory (doesn't want to come home for Christmas as he knows it will all be platform kisses and catch-up conversations); wife of Art (cool and laid back, everything Lily would like to be and just isn't); daughter of Mattie and John (in domestic chaos - have just learned that their pensions will be about half of what they anticipated and that they face penury in their old age); granddaughter of Grandpa (lives a secret Internet life posing as a much younger man). It's when Grandpa accidentally pops the TV remote in the post that the family's troubles really begin...
Used availability for Isla Dewar's Secrets of a Family Album
See all available used copies of this book at: Abebooks UK or Abebooks US
Hardback Editions
December 2006 : Hardback
| Title: Secrets of a Family Album Author(s): Isla Dewar ISBN: 0-312-34226-8 / 978-0-312-34226-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2004 : Hardback
| Title: Secrets of a Family Album Author(s): Isla Dewar ISBN: 0-7553-0081-5 / 978-0-7553-0081-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Headline Review Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
June 2005 : Paperback
| Title: Secrets of a Family Album Author(s): Isla Dewar ISBN: 0-7553-0082-3 / 978-0-7553-0082-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Headline Review Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2004 : Paperback
| Title: Secrets of a Family Album Author(s): Isla Dewar ISBN: 0-7553-2014-X / 978-0-7553-2014-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Headline Review Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2000 : Paperback
| Title: Secrets of a Family Album Author(s): Isla Dewar Publisher: Review Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
Audio Editions
2005 : Audio Cassette
| Title: SECRETS OF A FAMILY ALBUM Author(s): ISLA DEWAR ISBN: 1-4056-0063-2 / 978-1-4056-0063-7 (UK edition) Publisher: CHIVERS AUDIO BOOKS Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
© 2012 FantasticFiction
Questions? Comments? Corrections? Please email webmaster@fantasticfiction.co.uk
Questions? Comments? Corrections? Please email webmaster@fantasticfiction.co.uk

