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The Little Girls

Elizabeth Bowen author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:27th May '99

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A captivating novel of childhood, friendship and the passage of time, from one of the twentieth century's most admired writers

In 1914 they had been eleven years old; Fifty years later, Dinah, beautiful as ever, advertises in the national newspapers to find the other two – Clare, now established with a successful business, and Sheila, a married woman, glossy, chic and correct. What are the revelations - and the dangers - in summoning up childhood?In 1914 they had been eleven years old; three little girls at St Agatha's, a day school on the South Coast. Fifty years later, Dinah, beautiful as ever, advertises in the national newspapers to find the other two – Clare, now established with a successful business, and Sheila, a married woman, glossy, chic and correct. Can friendship can be taken up where it was left off? What are the revelations - and the dangers - in summoning up childhood?

The Little Girls is intense and the language has bite * The Times *
There is that recurring shiver of delight...for this story is poetic in its awareness, its stimulus, its beauty of writing; and as full of clues, hints and half-revealed secrets as any thriller * Scotsman *
Elizabeth Bowen's mastery of the shape and form and talk of the world around her combines with her miraculous psychological insight to give us moments of sudden vision -- Angus Wilson

ISBN: 9780099287780

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 17mm

Weight: 216g

256 pages