Queen of the Tambourine

by Jane Gardam

2020-07-21 06:05:09

With prose that is vibrant witty and off-the-wall, "The Queen of the Tambourine" traces the emotional breakdown--and eventual restoration--of Eliza Peabody, a smart and wildly imaginative woman who has become unbearably isolated in her prosperous hom... Read more
With prose that is vibrant witty and off-the-wall, "The Queen of the Tambourine" traces the emotional breakdown--and eventual restoration--of Eliza Peabody, a smart and wildly imaginative woman who has become unbearably isolated in her prosperous home in present-day South London. The letters Eliza writes to her neighbor, a woman whom she hardly knows, reveal the story of her self-propelled descent into madness. Eliza must reach the very bottom of her inner downward spiral before she can once again find health and serenity. The story of a woman's confrontation with the ideas and realities of sanity, "The Queen of Tambourine" will delight readers who enjoy the works of Anita Brookner, Sybille Bedford, Muriel Spark, and Sylvia Plath.
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File size5.52x8.28x0.64inches
Print pages226
PublisherPicador USA
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780312143985
Author
Jane Mary Gardam OBE FRSL (born 11 July 1928) is an English writer of children's and adult fiction. She also writes reviews for The Spectator and The Telegraph, and writes for BBC. radio. She has won ...

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