Truth Game, the Hb Tapa dura - 2017

Paperback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

SIGNED BY THE AUTHORFine Book and Wrapper . Signed copy without dedication.A breathtakingly honest memoir by the granddaughter of Vita Sackville-West, this beautifully written recollection of the friends, lovers and family who have played a vital role in Vanessa's life is a stunning sequel to the highly acclaimed 'Have You Been Good?' As a teenager Vanessa plays a game with her father: they take turns to ask a question and the other must answer truthfully. One day Vanessa asks: 'Apart from with Mummy, have you ever been so in love that you would have liked to marry someone else?' Her father is visibly shaken and as the truth emerges it becomes clear why...Told as a series of fourteen lucid vignettes, The Truth Game is both a haunting exploration of love, loss and grief and a portrait of the discontent at the heart of one of Britain's most eminent families. Nicolson distils the concept of truth down to the extraordinary experiences of real-life individuals with shocking and moving consequences.Please… Leer más

London: Quartet Books, 2017 As a teenager Vanessa, the grand daughter of Vita Sackville-West, plays a game with her father where they take turns to ask a question and the other must answer honestly. One day she asks a question to which her father is visibly shaken and as the truth slowly emerges it becomes clear why.....
219pp. Signed by the author to the title page.