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Item Details
| Title:
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THE OBSERVATIONS
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| By: |
Jane Harris |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0571223354 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780571223350 |
| Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
| Pub. date: |
1 April, 2006 |
| Pages: |
432 |
| Description: |
In an attempt to escape her past, Bessy Buckley takes a job working as a maid in a big country house. But when Arabella, her beautiful mistress, asks her to undertake a series of bizarre tasks, Bessy begins to realise that she hasn't quite landed on her feet. |
| Synopsis: |
"Vastly original. Bessy is surely one of the most striking characters in recent fiction: cynical, disruptive, tender and very, very funny." (Independent on Sunday). It was shortlisted for the Orange Prize Scotland, 1863. In an attempt to escape her past, Bessy Buckley takes a job working as a maid in a big country house. But when Arabella, her beautiful mistress, asks her to undertake a series of bizarre tasks, Bessy begins to realise that she hasn't quite landed on her feet. In one of the most acclaimed debuts of recent years, Jane Harris has created a heroine who will make you laugh and cry as she narrates this unforgettable story about secrets and suspicions and the redemptive power of love and friendship. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Faber & Faber |
| Prizes: |
Short-listed for Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007
Short-listed for British Book Awards: Newcomer of the Year 2007 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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