Sacred Country

Author: Rose Tremain

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  • : 27.00 NZD
  • : 9780099422037
  • : Vintage
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  • : July 2008
  • : 195mm X 130mm X 25mm
  • : United Kingdom
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Barcode 9780099422037
9780099422037

Description

At the age of six, Mary Ward, the child of a poor farming family in Suffolk, has a revelation: she isn't Mary, she's a boy. So begins Mary's heroic struggle to change gender, while around her others also strive to find a place of safety and fulfilment in a savage and confusing world.

Promotion info

'A remarkable novel-The product of a truly original mind, whose inventions are magically unforseeable' The Times 20020220

Reviews

"A remarkable novel... . The product of a truly original mind, whose inventions are magically unforseeable." - "The Times"
"Hypnotic... Curiously beautiful and strikingly original." - "Spectator"
"Rose Tremain writes comedy that can break your heart... Funny, absorbing and quite original. I've read nothing to touch it this year." - "Literary Review"
"Brilliant... . A strong, complex, unsentimental novel." - "TLS"

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