Liza's England: A Novel

by Pat Barker

Overview

In Pat Barker's Liza's England, Liza Garrett is the first child in town born in the twentieth century—whose life in many ways mirrors the turmoils of England itself. The tough, severe, but very real and recognizable world of women is put to the most strenuous tests, and Liza, at eighty-four, is proof that loyalty, fortitude and humor survive.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312253042
Publisher:	Picador
Publication date:	04/07/2001
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.66(d)

About the Author

Pat Barker is the author of more than a dozen novels, including Border Crossing. For her highly acclaimed Regeneration Trilogy, she was awarded the Guardian fiction prize and the Booker Prize. She lives in England.

Hometown:

Durham, England

Date of Birth:

May 8, 1943

Place of Birth:

Thornaby-on-Tees, England

Education:

London School of Economics; Durham University

Editorial Reviews

Pat Barker's writing is so sure, and her characters so vital, that a powerful story emerges, honest, grim but often funny, and always engrossing.” —Newsday

“There seems to be nothing about the way women live, and feel, that she doesn't know.” —Chicago Tribune Books

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