Books by jane gardam

Old Filth was a 'child of the raj'. His earliest memories are of his amah, a teenage Malay girl - not of his mother who is dead, nor his father who ... More

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Filth (Failed In London, Try Hong Kong) is a successful lawyer when he marries Elisabeth in Hong Kong soon after the War. Reserved, immaculate and ... More

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It is a wet day in Dorset, and walking to a luncheon party is Sir Edward Feathers QC, followed by two elderly friends: his scruffy neighbour and ... More

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In 1904, when she was six, Polly Flint went to live with her two holy aunts at the yellow house by the marsh - so close to the sea that it seemed to ... More

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During one glorious summer between the wars, the realities of life and the sexual ritual dance of the adult world creep into the life of young ... More

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Eliza Peabody is one of those dangerously blameless women who believe they have God in their pocket. She is a modern-day Florence Nightingale, always ... More

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This delightful novel describes the post-war summer of 1946 - and follows the growing-up of three young women in the months between leaving school ... More

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When sweet, healthy hearty Holly Fox dies suddenly in childbirth, the Surrey village whose pearl she was reverberates with shock. She leaves behind ... More

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This collection brings together past and present, probing many and varied lives. The title story examines Jane Austen's love life, while others ... More

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From the author of "Old Filth," a "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year, comes this new collection of stories that showcases Gardam's caustic ... More

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Set in the Cumbrian fells - the "hollow land" - this collection of stories tells of two families: one local and one from London. Read about the ... More

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Bridget fears that she will have to give up William, her pony, because bad weather has brought hard times to her parents' farm. Then William becomes ... More

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Relates the joys and sorrows of adolescence as experienced by a young girl growing up in a boy's boarding school.

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'I ought to tell you at the beginning that I am not quite normal having had a violent experience at the age of nine' Jessica Vye's 'violent ... More

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A children's fantasy, in which a collection of dolls is revealed to have a life and a history of its own. After they are abandoned by the two little ... More

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The flag that is shown, literally and metaphorically, by these characters is always the Union Jack. Gardam's stories are acutely observed social ... More

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A rather mysterious old clergyman is dead, and his most adoring child, sixteen-year-old Athene is desolate. A statuesque beauty, greatly admired, she ... More

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Enter the weird and wonderful world of Lucy's seaside childhood. Meet Aunt Fanny, Auntie Bea and Aunt Kitty. Discover Jinni Love's Fair Days, nanny ... More

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Another masterpiece from Jane Gardam, The Man in the Wooden Hat a companion volume to the bestselling Old Filth, is written from the perspective of ... More

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Jane Gardam reveals again her brilliant diversity and deep understanding of the human condition. In 'Light', an evocative, lyrical piece of magic ... More

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A loosely connected sequence of stories, offering vignettes of human foibles from the holiday island of Jamaica. Mrs Filling sees something nasty in ... More

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A collection of three stories featuring Tufty Bear, who looks so warm and alive that he looks as if he might be able to speak - and so he does. ... More

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With her customary accuracy, Jane Gardam reveals the extraordinariness of ordinary people as she deals with the pangs of love- fulfilled or hopeless, ... More

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Kit lives on a farm. Her parents think she's a bit of a baby, crying at things like beetles or putting her foot in a cow-pat. But Kit can be brave ... More

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