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Bitter / Francesca Jakobi.

By: Publisher: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 339 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781474607582 (paperback)
  • 1474607586 (paperback)
Subject(s): Summary: It's 1969, and while the summer of love lingers in London, Gilda is consumed by the mistakes of her past. She walked out on her beloved son Reuben when he was just a boy and fears he'll never forgive her. When Reuben marries a petite blonde gentile, Gilda takes it as the ultimate rejection. Her cold, distant son seems transformed by love - a love she's craved his entire adult life. What does his new wife have that she doesn't? And how far will she go to find out? It's an obsession that will bring shocking truths about the past to light... Bitter is a beautiful and devastating novel about the decisions that define our lives, the fragility of love and the bond between mother and son.
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Item type Home library Collection Class number Status Date due Barcode
Book, Standard Loan (4 weeks) East Cheshire NHS Library Leisure Reading Leisure LEISURE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available ECH00000261

It's 1969, and while the summer of love lingers in London, Gilda is consumed by the mistakes of her past. She walked out on her beloved son Reuben when he was just a boy and fears he'll never forgive her. When Reuben marries a petite blonde gentile, Gilda takes it as the ultimate rejection. Her cold, distant son seems transformed by love - a love she's craved his entire adult life. What does his new wife have that she doesn't? And how far will she go to find out? It's an obsession that will bring shocking truths about the past to light... Bitter is a beautiful and devastating novel about the decisions that define our lives, the fragility of love and the bond between mother and son.