It's about pride and shame and love and loss and ultimately hope' Laura Shepherd-Robinson
alone in her bungalow within sight of the Mas Lunel
Marcellus Pye
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2015
her boss Leo and the billionaire founder of the institute
A Spot of Bother Christine Morton-Shaw It's about pride and shameGeorge Hall doesn't understand the modern obsession with talking about everything. 'The secret of contentment, George felt, lay in ignoring many things completely.' Some things in life, however, cannot be ignored. At fifty seven, George is settling down to a comfortable retirement, building a shed in his garden, reading historical novels, listening to a bit of light jazz. Then Katie, his tempestuous daughter, announces that she is getting remarried,