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Human Croquet

By: Kate Atkinson
Narrated by: Susan Jameson
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Once it had been the great forest of Lythe--a vast and impenetrable thicket of green. And here, in the beginning, lived the Fairfaxes, grandly, at Fairfax Manor, visited once by the great Gloriana herself. But over the centuries, the forest had been destroyed, replaced by Streets of Trees. The Fairfaxes have dwindled, too; now they live in Arden, at the end of Hawthorne Close, and are hardly a family at all.

But Isobel Fairfax, who drops into pockets of time and out again, knows about the past. She is sixteen and waiting for the return of her mother--the thin, dangerous Eliza, with her scent of nicotine, Arpège, and sex, whose disappearance is part of the mystery that still remains at the heart of the forest.

©1997 Kate Atkinson (P)2014 AudioGo Ltd. Published by Random House Audiobooks Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction
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The narrator is brilliant!! Loved the story, characters, off shoots, and the intersecting seams. What does it mean to feel there is always something missing?

Another KA classic!! Such a convoluted all encompassing story.

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I have enjoyed all if the authors books i have read. This one has left me unsure about what happened.
A lot of detail and great character descriptions

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