{"product_id":"9781471165740-the-heart-is-a-burial-ground","title":"The Heart Is a Burial Ground","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vivid and inventive debut novel about four generations of women in a family, their past and their legacy, which evokes the work of Kate Atkinson, Tessa Hadley and Virginia Baily.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'There is an addictive pungency to this exotic tale of lives lived loudly' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'The remarkable life of Caresse Crosby, now retold by her great-granddaughter' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'I will describe it as best I can. This is their story. Or perhaps just mine. Let us begin, again .'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A vivid and inventive debut novel about four generations of women in a family, their past and their legacy, which evokes the work of Kate Atkinson, Tessa Hadley and Virginia Baily.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On a brisk day in 1970, a daughter arrives at her mother’s home to take care of her as she nears the end of her life. ‘Home’ is the sprawling Italian castle of \u003cb\u003eRoccasinibalda\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eDiana\u003c\/b\u003e’s mother is the legendary \u003cb\u003eCaresse Crosby\u003c\/b\u003e, one half of literature’s most scandalous couple in 1920s Paris, widow of \u003cb\u003eHarry Crosby\u003c\/b\u003e, the American heir, poet and publisher who epitomised the ‘Lost Generation’.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e But it was not only Harry who was lost. Their incendiary love story concealed a darkness that marked mercurial \u003cb\u003eDiana \u003c\/b\u003eand still burns through the generations: through Diana's troubled daughters \u003cb\u003eElena\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eLeonie\u003c\/b\u003e, and Elena’s young children.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Moving between the decades, between France, Italy and the Channel Islands, Tamara Colchester’s debut novel is \u003cb\u003ean unforgettably powerful portrait of a line of extraordinary women\u003c\/b\u003e, and the inheritance they give their daughters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sensual, evocative and rich with observational truth, this is a vivid and intricate portrait of three extraordinary women' Jeremy Page, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Evocative' \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'This is a \u003cb\u003ebold, striking and confident\u003c\/b\u003e novel filled with vivid, sometimes shocking, scenes. It spans decades, generations and continents without ever feeling disjointed. This is \u003cb\u003ea stunning introduction to an intriguing new voice in British fiction\u003c\/b\u003e, who does real justice to her prodigious forebear' \u003cb\u003eNetgalley reviewer \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57535933546870,"sku":"9781471165740","price":6.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31850603.jpg?v=1774283482","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781471165740-the-heart-is-a-burial-ground","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}