These Days by Lucy Caldwell
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Two sisters. Four nights. One City.
April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war - so far. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey - one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman - as they try to survive the horrors of the Belfast Blitz, These Days is an unforgettable novel about lives lived under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves
REVIEWS
"Anyone who read Lucy Caldwell's Intimacies will know what a beautiful writer she is and These Days, her first novel in a decade, is really something special ... So vividly evoked, this brought what life must have been like on the Home Front to life for me like nothing I've read before." - Alice O'Keeffe ― Bookseller, Editor's Choice
"Meticulously researched, perfectly imagined, full of compassion and emotional truth." - Claire Chambers
"Elegant and precise, I loved it. The vivid interiority Caldwell brings to the characters, particularly the three main women, is so impressive. I cared passionately about all of them. These Days is a gem of a novel." - Marian Keys
PRODUCT DETAILS
Paperback
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 978-0571313570
Pages: 288
April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war - so far. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey - one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman - as they try to survive the horrors of the Belfast Blitz, These Days is an unforgettable novel about lives lived under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves
REVIEWS
"Anyone who read Lucy Caldwell's Intimacies will know what a beautiful writer she is and These Days, her first novel in a decade, is really something special ... So vividly evoked, this brought what life must have been like on the Home Front to life for me like nothing I've read before." - Alice O'Keeffe ― Bookseller, Editor's Choice
"Meticulously researched, perfectly imagined, full of compassion and emotional truth." - Claire Chambers
"Elegant and precise, I loved it. The vivid interiority Caldwell brings to the characters, particularly the three main women, is so impressive. I cared passionately about all of them. These Days is a gem of a novel." - Marian Keys
PRODUCT DETAILS
Paperback
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 978-0571313570
Pages: 288