Synopses & Reviews
When Katia leaves her native Poland for the more permissive world of 1960s London, she finds herself trying to cope with situations she had never dreamed ofa dreary job at a womens magazine, a solitary friendship with an embittered homosexual, and a strange relationship with Harry and Don, old friends who are entirely different from each other. Peculiarly attracted to both, Katia tries to sort out her tangled emotions and arrange her life in a way that will satisfy two men at once.
Synopsis
When Katia leaves her native Poland for the more permissive world of 60s London, she finds herself trying to cope with situations she had never dreamed of: a dreary job on a women
About the Author
Penelope Gilliatt (19321993) was an English novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter who alternated with Pauline Kael for years as the New Yorker's chief film critic. She is best known for writing the Sunday, Bloody Sunday screenplay, which won several Best Screenplay awards including New York Film Critics Circle Award and Writers Guild of America, and was nominated for an Academy Award. Ali Smith's first book, Free Love, won the Saltire First Book Award. Her other titles include Girl Meets Boy, Hotel World, and The Accidental, which was nominated for the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize, and won the Whitbread Novel of the Year.