Belonging: Home Away from Home

Paperback. Fine. Paperback Fine Ships From Canada Fine No dust jacket as issued Some writing on the second page, otherwise new Trade paperback (US) Glued binding 337 p Audience: General/trade Book Description The long-awaited new book from the acclaimed short story writer, author of The Elizabeth Stories and You Never Know Belonging is pure pleasure to read--entertaining, beautifully written, laced with gentle humour and perceptive insights Shifting from memoir to fiction, it focuses on the commonplace experiences underlying our lives that are the true basis for storytelling At the book s core is Isabel Huggan s old house in rural France, from where she contemplates the real meaning of home, and the mysterious manner in which memory gives substance to ordinary things around us With a light touch, she brings to life the people she has met in her travels from whom valuable lessons have been learned Isabel Huggan writes with the candour and compassion that made her earlier books so well loved, and here she s