Monty and Ada are old friends. They worked together on the frontline in Belgium, where Monty was a nurse and Ada drove ambulances like the devil. And now, Bleakly Hall hydropathic has brought them together again. Monty has just arrived to look after the gouty residents there to take the Hall s curative waters via nozzle, douche and jet and Ada is the maid and driver. For all those at Bleakly, the end of the Great War has brought changes. Not all of them good. Monty has a score to settle with the elusive Captain Foxley; Ada misses her wartime sense of purpose; the Blackwood brothers must reinvigorate Bleakly for a new era; Foxley has his own particular ways of keeping his ghosts at bay. But with the crumbling, rumbling hydropathic threatening to blow its top, what will become of the folk thrown together in its bilious embrace? This wonderfully original novel brings together an irresistible cast of characters including Bleakly Hall itself in the wake of one of history s great tragedies. To powerful effect, it combines fizzing comedy with a deeply moving look at the aftermath of war.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
ISBN-13
9780701181796
eBay Product ID (ePID)
107666909
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bleakly Hall
Author
Elaine Di Rollo
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
2011
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
222mm
Item Width
143mm
Item Weight
502g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Elaine Di Rollo
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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