Product Information
On the banks of the River Avon, five sisters are born. The seasons come and go, the girls take their lessons under the ash tree, and always there is the sound of water swirling through the weir. Then, unexpectedly, an air of decay descends upon the house: ivy grows unchecked over the windows, angry shouts split the summer air, the milk sours in the larder and their father takes out his gun. Tragedy strikes the family, and before long the furniture is being auctioned off and the sisters dispersed among relatives. In her daring first novel, originally published in 1947, Barbara Comyns' unique young heroine relates the vivid, funny and bittersweet story of a childhood.Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle, Brown Book Group
ISBN-139781844088379
eBay Product ID (ePID)152654096
Product Key Features
Book TitleSisters by a River: a Virago Modern Classic
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
AuthorBarbara Comyns
Book SeriesVirago Modern Classics
Dimensions
Item Height196 mm
Item Weight140 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorBarbara Comyns