The Facts of Life
An epic, intimate novel of love, music and the life events that stay with us forever
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The Facts of Life
Narrated by:
Patrick Gale
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Narrated by:
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Patrick Gale
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Patrick Gale
'Absorbing . . . deftly characterised, deeply involving and relevant' The Times
German composer Edward Pepper escapes to England just before the war begins in earnest. Struck with TB, he is recuperating in hospital when he meets Sally, a young doctor who has battled her way through medical school, despite the opposition of her parents. They fall in love and marry, settling in the fenlands of East Anglia. Years later, Edward watches as his grandchildren trip up against life and death, and realises that patterns can repeat themselves, bringing both pain and unexpected discovery.
(P)2018 Headline Publishing Group Ltd©1995 Patrick Gale
Critic reviews
Absorbing . . . deftly characterised, deeply involving and relevant
Impossible to put down
A monumental feat of imagination, achingly true and beautiful. I'd be hard pressed to recall the last time a novel so totally captivated me
Gale's best and most complex novel
[An] extraordinary blockbuster of a novel
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