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Young Marie, pregnant by a feckless sailor, manouevres the reliable Sam away from college and into wedlock. The result is a daughter, Pia, followed by her half-brother, Luke, and an unhappy marriage. Between the children, an intense and loving bond develops, a bond that as teenagers it leads them away from home and into dangerous waters. Against a loveless backdrop, Pia and her half-brother Luke grow up to form a passionate bond that leads them away from home and into a wild, hand-to-mouth existence. In spare yet emotionally charged prose, Rosalyn Chissick charts a relationship that challenges society's boundaries and conventions. A shocking, poignant and poetic novel by a prize-winning writer.
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Colourbook, Rosalyn Chissick
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- Released
- 1999
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- Title
- Colourbook
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Rosalyn Chissick
- Publisher
- Sceptre
- Released
- 1999
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 340
- ISBN10
- 0340707801
- ISBN13
- 9780340707807
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Love, Family, Women, Psychological novels
- Description
- Young Marie, pregnant by a feckless sailor, manouevres the reliable Sam away from college and into wedlock. The result is a daughter, Pia, followed by her half-brother, Luke, and an unhappy marriage. Between the children, an intense and loving bond develops, a bond that as teenagers it leads them away from home and into dangerous waters. Against a loveless backdrop, Pia and her half-brother Luke grow up to form a passionate bond that leads them away from home and into a wild, hand-to-mouth existence. In spare yet emotionally charged prose, Rosalyn Chissick charts a relationship that challenges society's boundaries and conventions. A shocking, poignant and poetic novel by a prize-winning writer.