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Crusoe's Daughter

by Jane Gardam

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When Polly Flint was six she was sent to live with her two holy aunts in a yellow house close to the Irish Sea. To the lonely orphan this bleak coast of England was so isolated she might well have been marooned on an island. For Polly the world of books — especially Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe with whose hero she will conduct a lifelong dialogue — became a source of emotional and intellectual nourishment. For her, the worlds of imagination and reality had only a thin divide between them, with the former taking the place of religion in her life.

As Polly says about Crusoe: "He didn't go mad. He was brave. Stuck. Imprisoned. The only way to survive is to say it's God's will." And on that barren strip of land Polly remained for more than eighty years as the twentieth century raged; lamplight and Victorian order becoming chaos and nuclear dread. Crusoe's Daughter, wholly original, memorable and deeply satisfying, is her story.

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In 1904, six-year-old Polly Flint is sent to live with her aunt’s in a house by the sea. Orphaned shortly thereafter, Polly will spend the next eighty years stranded in this quiet corner of the world as 20th century rages in the background. Throughout it all Polly returns again and again to the story of Robinson Crusoe, who, marooned like her, fends off the madness of isolation with imagination.

 

Like previous Gardam titles will skew to female readers and Anglophiles. An ideal choice for book clubs.

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About the Author

Jane Gardam has twice won the Whitbread Award, for The Hollow Land, and Queen of the Tambourine. She is also the author of God on the Rocks, which was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, and most recently, Faith Fox.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9781609450694

Author:

Gardam, Jane

Publisher:

Europa Editions

Subject:

Literature-A to Z

Subject:

General Fiction

Edition Description:

Mass Market

Publication Date:

20120431

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

from 12

Language:

English

Pages:

224

Dimensions:

8.29 x 5.39 x 0.8 in 0.74 lb

Age Level:

from 18

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Product details 224 pages Europa Editions - 2012-02-24 English 9781609450694 Reviews:

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In 1904, six-year-old Polly Flint is sent to live with her aunt’s in a house by the sea. Orphaned shortly thereafter, Polly will spend the next eighty years stranded in this quiet corner of the world as 20th century rages in the background. Throughout it all Polly returns again and again to the story of Robinson Crusoe, who, marooned like her, fends off the madness of isolation with imagination.

 

Like previous Gardam titles will skew to female readers and Anglophiles. An ideal choice for book clubs.