The Way I Found Her: From the Sunday Times bestselling author

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‘A magical invention of page-turning suspense, of sadness, grief and passion’ The TimesLewis Little, precocious thirteen-year-old, is spending summer in Paris with his mother, Alice. Alice is translating the latest medieval romance by Valentina Gavrilovich, the bestselling and exotic Russian émigré. Lewis is there to make his first acquaintance with one of the greatest cities in the world; neither can foresee the momentous events that lie in wait for them. Valentina slowly casts a spell over Lewis, but when her past begins to encroach on all their lives and, as this enchanted world is gradually lost, Lewis is driven on a terrifying quest.

Additional information

Weight 0.299 kg
Dimensions 2.6 × 13 × 19.8 cm
by

Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

432

Publisher

Year Published

1998-4-2

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0749396997

About The Author

Rose Tremain's novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won many awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Dylan Thomas Award (The Colonel's Daughter and Other Stories), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music & Silence) the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Prix Femina in France (Sacred Country) and the South Bank Sky Arts Award (The Gustav Sonata). Her most recent novel is Lily, a Richard and Judy Book Club selection. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007 and a Dame in 2020. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes.

A scary, funny and ultimately very affecting novel… Tremain lets us glimpse the adult-in-waiting; reminds us that life – tinged with joy, sex, pain – takes its whole shape from such moments

Other text

The Way I Found Her is a magical invention of page-turning suspense, of sadness, grief and passion, whose sure and delicate exposure of a sensibility flowering one hot Parisian summer teaches us the price of experience. Do not miss it

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