It is 1969, and in the small English town of Kingshaven, eight year old Julia Allsop wants to be a princess. But, a fairytale wedding doesn't necessarily mean happily ever after, and Julia discovers that life is more complicated than dreams of romance...On the other side of town, nineteen-year old feminist Iris Quinn hopes to find independence and a successful career in London,but a passionate, clandestine affair threatens to destroy everything she believes in...The tangled lives of two very different women and their families unfold across two decades of a rapidly changing world: from glass slippers to glass ceilings via Glam Rock, Grease and Greenham Common, Julia and Iris risk all in their search for fulfillment and love. Whatever love means...
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd, Corgi Books
GTIN
9780552151559
ISBN-10
0552151556
ISBN-13
9780552151559
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96810049
Product Key Features
Author
Imogen Parker
Format
B-Format Paperback, Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General & Literary Fiction
Publication Year
2008
Type
Novel
Genre
General & Literary Fiction
Dimensions
Weight
396g
Depth
39 mm
Height
200mm
Width
129mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
London
Spine
39mm
Literary Period/Movement
0552151556
Audience
General
Content Note
Map
Author Biography
Imogen Parker is the acclaimed author of several novels. Her first novel about Kingshaven and the Palace Hotel, The Time of our Lives, was published by Corgi in 2007. She lives on the south coast with her husband and son.