Description: Human Croquet by Kate Atkinson Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description From the author of "Behind the Scenes at the Museum" comes a wildly inventive, deeply moving, and darkly comic tale of a young girls exploration of her past. At once a fairy tale, a mystery, and a family saga, by turns comic and tragic, the novel is rich with the disappointments and possibilities that every family shares. Publisher Description From the award-winning author of Life After Life comes Kate Atkinsons Human Croquet, part fairy tale, part mystery, part coming-of-age novel New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the YearHuman Croquet tells the story of Isobel Fairfax, a girl growing up in Lythe, a typical 1960s British suburb. But Lythe was once the heart of an Elizabethan feudal estate and home to a young English tutor named William Shakespeare, and as Isobel investigates the strange history of her family, her neighbors, and her village, she occasionally gets caught in Shakespearean time warps. Meanwhile, she gets closer to the shocking truths about her missing mother, her war-hero father, and the hidden lives of her close friends and classmates. A stunning feat of imagination and storytelling, Kate Atkinsons Human Croquet is rich with the disappointments and possibilities every family shares. Author Biography Kate Atkinson is the internationally bestselling author of the novels Life After Life, Human Croquet, Case Histories, One Good Turn, the short-story collection, Not the End of the World, and the Jackson Brodie crime series, which was adapted into the BBC TV show Case Histories. She lives in Edinburgh, UK. Details ISBN 0312186886 ISBN-13 9780312186883 Title Human Croquet Author Kate Atkinson Format Paperback Year 1999 Pages 349 Publisher St Martins Press GE_Item_ID:7050465; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN: 9780312186883
Book Title: Human Croquet : a Novel
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Picador
Topic: Family Life, Literary
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 1999
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Item Length: 8 in
Author: Kate Atkinson
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback