An Irresponsible Age
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AlbakiReads Editorial A London family adrift at the start of the 1990s
A London family adrift at the start of the 1990s
Set in London in 1990, An Irresponsible Age centers on Juliet Clough and the tightly bound group formed by her three siblings. Their dependence on one another has deepened after a brother’s death and their parents’ withdrawal into grief. As Juliet becomes involved with Jacob, romantic entanglements spread through the siblings’ lives, alongside a shared resistance to acknowledging their choices and their consequences. Against a backdrop of political uncertainty under Thatcher, the novel links private evasions with a wider atmosphere of hesitation and attachment to failing ideas.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Readers interested in literary family dramas
- Those drawn to London novels set around the early 1990s
- Readers seeking fiction about grief, sibling dependence, and complicated relationships
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Sibling bondsGrief and family withdrawalLove and secrecyAvoidance of consequencesPolitical uncertainty
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Book Overview A powerful, involving new novel, following on from the author's much-praised debut novel 'Mary George of Allnorthover'.'An Irresponsible ...
A powerful, involving new novel, following on from the author's much-praised debut novel 'Mary George of Allnorthover'.
'An Irresponsible Age', Lavinia Greenlaw's extraordinary new novel, is set in London in 1990, with Thatcher still in power but the country unwilling to 'abandon an idea just because it proved to be a bad one'. In these hesitant times we follow the life of Juliet Clough and her three siblings, all of them interdependent in a not-quite enviable way, clinging together after the death of a brother and the retreat of their grieving parents. When Juliet, the focus of them all, is drawn into a complex love affair with the enigmatic Jacob, the others, too, find themselves falling in love, and then evading the consequences. None will admit what they are doing, or why.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 304 | Language: English | Publisher: PERENNIAL | ISBN: 0007156308
FormatPaperback
Pages304
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0007156308
EAN9780007156306
PublisherPERENNIAL
Publication Date2006-10-02
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.66 Pounds
Length8.0 Inches
Width5.0 Inches
Height0.84 Inches
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