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Fran may be old but she's not going without a fight. So she dyes her hair, enjoys every glass of red wine, drives around the country for her job with a housing charity and lives in an insalubrious tower block that her loved ones disapprove of. And as each of them - her pampered ex Claude, old friend Jo, flamboyant son Christopher and earnest daughter Poppet - seeks happiness in their own way, what will the last reckoning be? Will they be waving or drowning when the end comes?By turns joyous and profound, darkly sardonic and moving, The Dark Flood Rises questions what makes a good life, and a good death. This triumphant, bravura novel takes in love, death, sun-drenched islands, poetry, Maria Callas, tidal waves, surprise endings - and new beginnings.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Francesca Stubbs holds our hand as we take awalk through old age and death. Fran brings us todrinks with her friends, dropping off suppers for herex-husband, warm and cosy in his infirmity. She visitsher daughter, holed up as the waters rise in a soddenWest Country, and texts her son in Lanzarote, as hedeals with the estate of his deceased girlfriend. The questions of what constitutes a good deathpreoccupy this glittering novel. The Dark FloodRises asks momentous questions as it entertainsand enthralls. In her beautifully imaginednew novel, Margaret Drabble is at herincisive best, exploring the end of lifewith her trademark humour,composure and wisdom. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781925498967
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Francesca Stubbs holds our hand as we take awalk through old age and death. Fran brings us todrinks with her friends, dropping off suppers for herex-husband, warm and cosy in his infirmity. She visitsher daughter, holed up as the waters rise in a soddenWest Country, and texts her son in Lanzarote, as hedeals with the estate of his deceased girlfriend. The questions of what constitutes a good deathpreoccupy this glittering novel. The Dark FloodRises asks momentous questions as it entertainsand enthralls. In her beautifully imaginednew novel, Margaret Drabble is at herincisive best, exploring the end of lifewith her trademark humour,composure and wisdom. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781925498967
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Francesca Stubbs holds our hand as we take awalk through old age and death. Fran brings us todrinks with her friends, dropping off suppers for herex-husband, warm and cosy in his infirmity. She visitsher daughter, holed up as the waters rise in a soddenWest Country, and texts her son in Lanzarote, as hedeals with the estate of his deceased girlfriend. The questions of what constitutes a good deathpreoccupy this glittering novel. The Dark FloodRises asks momentous questions as it entertainsand enthralls. In her beautifully imaginednew novel, Margaret Drabble is at herincisive best, exploring the end of lifewith her trademark humour,composure and wisdom. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781925498967
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