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26a: A Novel Paperback - 2006
by Evans, Diana
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Details
- Title 26a: A Novel
- Author Evans, Diana
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Edition
- Condition UsedAcceptable
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial
- Date 2006-08-22
- Features Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 52YZZZ027MRT_ns
- ISBN 9780060821821 / 0060821825
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 9.36 x 5.36 x 0.75 in (23.77 x 13.61 x 1.91 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: British
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Identity (Psychology)
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Summary
Diana Evans is the new literary voice of multicultural Britain. Her unforgettable first novel has all the heartbreak of Brick Lane and all the vibrancy of White Teeth, but a very special magic of its own.Identical twins, Georgia and Bessi, live in the loft of 26 Waifer Avenue. It is a place of beanbags, nectarines and secrets, and visitors must always knock before entering. Down below there is not such harmony. Their Nigerian mother puts cayenne pepper on her Yorkshire pudding and has mysterious ways of dealing with homesickness; their father angrily roams the streets of Neasden, prey to the demons of his Derbyshire upbringing. Forced to create their own identities, the Hunter children build a separate universe. Older sister Bel discovers sex, high heels and organic hairdressing, the twins prepare for a flapjack empire, and baby sister Kemy learns to moonwalk for Michael Jackson. It is when the reality comes knocking that the fantasies of childhood start to give way. How will Georgia and Bessi cope in a world of separateness and solitude, and which of them will be stronger?
First line
Before they were born, Georgia and Bessi experienced a moment of indecision.