Expectation: 'The most buzzed-about addictive read' STYLIST
A fierce emotional contemporary novel about what it takes to lead a meaningful life. Most of all, it explores that liminal space between expectation and reality, the place - full of terrible pain and wondrous joy - in which we all live our lives.
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| ISBN |
9780857524911 |
| Barcode |
9780857524911 |
| Published |
16 July 2019 by Transworld Publishers |
| Format |
Trade Paperback/Paperback |
| Alternate Format(s) |
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| Author(s) |
By Hope, Anna |
| Availability |
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Full details for this title
| Interest Age |
General Audience |
| Reading Age |
General Audience |
| Library of Congress |
FICTION / Literary, Family & relationships |
| NBS Text |
General & Literary Fiction |
| ONIX Text |
General/trade |
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| Dewey Code |
823.92 |
| Catalogue Code |
991950 |
Description of this Book
A fierce emotional contemporary novel about what it takes to lead a meaningful life.Cate, Hannah and Lissa are young, vibrant and inseparable. Living on the edge of a common in East London, their shared world is ablaze with art and activism, desire and revelry - and the promise of everything to come. They are electric. They are the best of friends.Ten years on, they are not where they hoped to be. Amidst flailing careers and faltering marriages, each covets what the others have. And each wrestles with the same question- what does it take to lead a meaningful life? This is a story of the highs and lows of friendship - how it can dip, dive and rise again. It is also about muddling through- as a mother, a daughter, a wife, a rebel. Most of all, it explores that liminal space between expectation and reality, the place - full of terrible pain and wondrous joy - in which we all live our lives.
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Awards, Reviews & Star Ratings
| NZ Review |
EDITOR'S CHOICE: I enjoyed this contemporary novel about the gulf between the expectation of how life will turn out and the reality... [it] taps into the current conversation about finding fulfilment and living a meaningful life. -- Alice O'Keeffe * The Bookseller * |
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Author's Bio
ANNA HOPE studied at Oxford University and RADA. She is the internationally prizewinning and bestselling author of Wake and The Ballroom. Her contemporary fiction debut, Expectation, explores themes of love, lust, motherhood, and feminism, while asking the greater question of what defines a generation. She lives in Sussex with her husband and young daughter.
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