Kate Grenville | Lilian's Story
Kate Grenville | Lilian's Story
Lilian Una Singer starts life as the daughter of a prosperous middle-class family. She ends it as a cheerfully eccentric bag-lady living on the streets, quoting Shakespeare for a living. How did she come to take this journey, and why did she make the choices she did?The world presents Lilian with many obstacles, not least the fact that she is a woman. But in spite of everything, she triumphantly makes her life her own, savoring every moment with the reminder that 'everything matters'.
Lilian's Story is a wonderful, life-affirming novel from one of our most gifted writers.
'Lilian's Story takes you into another world, which is rare.'
Guardian'Grenville's prose is breathtaking and her novel is a miracle of characterization. . . This is a rare and beautiful book.'
Boston Globe'This novel is bound for glory: it is original, moving, and brilliantly convincing.'
Vogue