Quite Contrary - Softcover

Suzannah Dunn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006544797 ISBN 13: 9780006544791

Publisher: Flamingo, 1992

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date :2000-11-20 Pages: 224 Language: English Publisher: Flamingo The award-winning debut novel from the author of Venus Flaring and Tenterhooks.Elizabeth. a young. overworked hospital doctor. gets a phone call from her father late on a Friday night telling her that her mother is dangerously ill.Over the course of the weekend that follows. Elizabeth. on duty as ever and confronting the barely controlled chaos of a busy casualty ward. finds moments to reminisce about her childhood. its joys and its miseries.Past and present are interwoven in a series of vivid tableaux. drawing the reader into an intimate understanding of Elizabeth's life as a whole.

About this title

About the Author:

Suzannah Dunn is the author of nine previous books of fiction: `Darker Days Than Usual', `Blood Sugar', `Past Caring', `Quite Contrary', `Venus Flaring', `Tenterhooks', `Commencing Our Descent', `The Queen of Subtleties' and her most recent success `The Sixth Wife'. She lives in Shropshire.

Review:

`In this vivid picture of "normal" life, Dunn's Elizabeth, the oldest of three sisters, is a witty, down-to-earth female whom you really care for. Quite Contrary isn't a weepy slice of bedtime reading, it's a well-observed chapter on growing up - and it proves a touching and remarkably unpredictable read.'Time Out

About this edition

• Publisher: Flamingo
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0006544797
• ISBN 13: 9780006544791
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224