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The novel tells the story of a family fractured by history, geography and desire. On the battlefields of the Crimea, William Gale cradles the still-warm body of his brother. William's experience of war is to bring about a change in him that will reverberate through his family over the next two centuries. In the 1970s, William's English descendants invite Stephen, a distant Australian cousin, to stay in their bohemian house in Cornwall - but their golden summer entanglements will end in a dramatic fall from grace. Half a century later, a confrontation between the surviving members of the family culminates in a terrible reckoning. This novel is a tale of a tragedy that seeps through generations, and a family forced to confront what they truly value in life.
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Bad Relations, Cressida Connolly
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- Released
- 2023
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- Title
- Bad Relations
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Cressida Connolly
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
- Released
- 2023
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 024153772X
- ISBN13
- 9780241537725
- Series
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- The novel tells the story of a family fractured by history, geography and desire. On the battlefields of the Crimea, William Gale cradles the still-warm body of his brother. William's experience of war is to bring about a change in him that will reverberate through his family over the next two centuries. In the 1970s, William's English descendants invite Stephen, a distant Australian cousin, to stay in their bohemian house in Cornwall - but their golden summer entanglements will end in a dramatic fall from grace. Half a century later, a confrontation between the surviving members of the family culminates in a terrible reckoning. This novel is a tale of a tragedy that seeps through generations, and a family forced to confront what they truly value in life.