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Ruffian on the Stair

by Nina Bawden

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In six days, Silas Mudd will celebrate his 100th birthday. He is alarmingly healthy and tough as old boots—which is more than can be said of his son Will. “Not sure he’ll make old bones,” Silas confides loudly to Coral, his daughter-in-law. But there is no doubt that Silas’s son and his two daughters will be at the party. Best outfits and good form are what they think Silas wants served up, and they dare not disappoint him. This is not a family that reveals disturbing thoughts or truths. But Silas is the only one left who knows exactly what is shoring up his family. So he sits, waiting and thinking, wondering what would happen if he were to tell.
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About the Author

Nina Bawden CBE, is one of Britain’s most distinguished and best-loved novelists. She has published over 40 novels and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Circles of Deceit. In 2004 she received the PEN Award for a Lifetime’s Service to Literature.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781844083800
Author:
Bawden, Nina
Publisher:
Virago Press (UK)
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Psychological
Subject:
Parent and adult child
Subject:
Adult children of aging parents
Subject:
FIC045000
Series:
Virago Modern Classics
Publication Date:
November 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
232
Dimensions:
7.64x6.48x.63 in. .43 lbs.
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