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SUBJECTS



       Gillian Twine




                                                                   ISBN 978-1-916668-84-3




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                                                                 Publication:   30  MAY 2024
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                                                                 ISBN:           9781916668843
                                                                 Price:          £9.99
                                                                 Binding:        Paperback

                                                                 Format:         198 x 129 mm
                                                                 Extent:         384 pp
                                                                 Thema:          FBA Fiction


                                                                 Author location: Rutland

                                                                    •  A    contemporary   novel   charting   the
                                                                        epistemological journey of Sofia Gardner, who
                                                                        embarks on a quest to re-educate herself and
                                                                        prove her academic worth but unearths some
                                                                        unexpected secrets on the way.
                                                                    •  Previously teaching English in China, Poland
                                                                        and  Peterborough, the  author  now lives  and
                                                                        works in Rutland.
                                                                    •  Perfect for fans of Meg Mason and Nina Stibbe.

                                                                 After fifteen years of (fairly) devoted parenting, a shocking
         Gillian  Twine’s  interest  in  creative  writing  was  cultivated  in  a   incident forces mother-of-three and ex-psychologist, Sofia
         gloriously  untidy  house  on  the  Northumberland  coast,  where  she   Gardner, to acknowledge that her former A-grade brain now
         grew up surrounded by unusual musical instruments, a lot of stray   contains absolutely nothing at all.
         beach sand, and several thousand interesting books. She has taught
         English  in  China,  Poland  and  Peterborough,  and  now  lives  in   Determined to validate her academic worth, Sofia embarks
         Rutland, with  her  husband,  two  sons  and  a  small  flock  of  Indian   on an extraordinary journey to re-educate herself – but as
         Runner ducks.                                           she  delves  deeper  into  the  world  of  information,  she
                                                                 unearths a good deal more than forgotten subject matter,
                                                                 unleashing disturbing realities regarding fidelity, memory,
                                                                 and the nature of truth itself.

                                                                 A darkly playful foray into the field of knowledge, Subjects
                                                                 offers a unique take on mid-life self-discovery for anyone
                                                                 out  there  still  wondering  who  they  are,  what  they  really
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         without notice.          29/02/2024
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