One Day I Shall Astonish the World
Author: Stibbe, Nina
ISBN: 9780241451175
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2023
Pages: 384
Dimensions: 196mm x 129mm x 25mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
The breakout novel from the prize-winning author of Reasons to be Cheerful about the ebb and flow of female friendship over half a lifetime
Susan and Norma have been best friends for years, at first thrust together by force of circumstance (a job at The Pin Cushion, a haberdashery shop in 1990s Leicestershire) and then by force of character (neither being particularly inclined to make friends with anyone else). But now, thirty years later, faced with a husband seeking immortality and Norma out of reach on a wave of professional glory, Susan begins to wonder whether she has made the right choices about life, love, work, and, most importantly, friendship.
Nina Stibbe's new novel is the story of the wonderful and sometimes surprising path of friendship- from its conspiratorial beginnings, along its irritating wrong turns, to its final gratifying destination.
ISBN: 9780241451175
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2023
Pages: 384
Dimensions: 196mm x 129mm x 25mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
The breakout novel from the prize-winning author of Reasons to be Cheerful about the ebb and flow of female friendship over half a lifetime
Susan and Norma have been best friends for years, at first thrust together by force of circumstance (a job at The Pin Cushion, a haberdashery shop in 1990s Leicestershire) and then by force of character (neither being particularly inclined to make friends with anyone else). But now, thirty years later, faced with a husband seeking immortality and Norma out of reach on a wave of professional glory, Susan begins to wonder whether she has made the right choices about life, love, work, and, most importantly, friendship.
Nina Stibbe's new novel is the story of the wonderful and sometimes surprising path of friendship- from its conspiratorial beginnings, along its irritating wrong turns, to its final gratifying destination.