| Everything Will Be All Right Contributor(s): Hadley, Tessa (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312423640 ISBN-13: 9780312423643 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $20.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2004 Annotation: When Joyce Stevenson is thirteen, her family moves to the south of England to live with their aunt Vera. Vera and her sister Lil aren't at all alike. Vera, a teacher, has unquestioning belief in the powers of education and reason; Lil puts her faith in seances. Joyce is determined to be different: she falls in love with art (and her art teacher). Spanning five decades of extraordinary change in women's lives, "Everything Will Be All Right "explores the tangled history of one family and the disasters, hopes, compromises, and ambitions of successive generations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Sagas - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004426555 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.52" W x 8.53" (0.91 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 124855 Reading Level: 7.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 19.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Joyce Stevenson is thirteen, her family moves to the south of England to live with their aunt Vera. Vera and her sister Lil aren't at all alike. Vera, a teacher, has unquestioning belief in the powers of education and reason; Lil puts her faith in seances. Joyce is determined to be different: she falls in love with art (and her art teacher). Spanning five decades of extraordinary change in women's lives, Tessa Hadley's Everything Will Be All Right explores the tangled history of one family and the disasters, hopes, compromises, and ambitions of successive generations. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hadley, Tessa: - Tessa Hadley teaches literature and creative writing at Bath Spa University College. Her first novel, Accidents in the Home, which was excerpted in The New Yorker, was longlisted for The Guardian's First Book Award. She lives in Cardiff, Wales. |