Christina and Pam are sisters less than a year apart in age. Pam is tall and black-haired, while Christina is small and fair. Brought up in New York, they are sent to an English boarding school where they meet two boys, Peter and Jago. As the years pass, the four meet and part.

Juggling

Literature & Fiction

BARBARA TRAPIDO

Contemporary

Penguin Books, Ltd.

Penguin

Witty and playful, this novel sees the return of some of Barbara Trapido's best-loved characters from "Brother of the Famous Jack" and "Juggling".

The Travelling Horn Player

Penguin??Books

Lydia is killed in a car accident, but she returns to her bereft sister as a benign ghost who, nonetheless, comes to haunt the lives of those around her in unexpected ways: Jonathan Goldman, whose flat Lydia is running from when she is knocked down; his daughter Stella, who has discovered that her father has been having an affair with the gladiatorial Sonia; Stella's genius painter-boy lover Izzy, whom she leaves behind as she flees to the arms of kindly Peregrine. Along with good stepmothers, bad mothers, strange professors and wicked monks, their lives collide in a breathtaking finale.

The Travelling Hornplayer

A sequel to "Temples of Delight", which was shortlisted for the "Sunday Express" Book of the Year Award. Pam is the adopted daughter of Christina's parents. They meet Peter and Jago and their paths converge, diverge and converge again in unexpected ways.

Hamish Hamilton Ltd.

The travelling hornplayer

Hamish Hamilton

Brother of the More Famous Jack

Viking Press

Dinah and her sister Lisa are growing up in 1950's South Africa, where racial laws are tightening. They are two little girls from a dissenting liberal family. Big sister Lisa is strong and sensible, while Dinah is weedy and arty. At school, the sadistic Mrs Vaughan-Jones is providing instruction in mental arithmetic and racial prejudice. And then there's the puzzle of lunch break. 'Would you rather have a native girl or a koelie to make your sandwiches?' a first-year classmate asks. But Dinah doesn't know the answer, because it's her dad who makes her sandwiches. As the apparatus of repression rolls on, Dinah finds her own way, escaping into rewarding friendships. Then there's the minefield of boys and university and finally, there's marriage and voluntary exile in London. As we follow Dinah's journey through childhood and adolescence, we enter into one of the darker passages of twentieth-century history. Balancing darkness and light with marvellous dexterity, this is Barbara Trapido at the top of her form - vibrant, profound and, as always, irresistible.

Frankie and Stankie

Bloomsbury Publishing

Dinah and her sister Lisa are growing up in 1950s South Africa, where racial laws are tightening. They are two little girls from a dissenting liberal family. Big sister Lisa is strong and sensible, while Dinah is weedy and arty. At school, the sadistic Mrs Vaughan-Jones is providing instruction in mental arithmetic and racial prejudice. And then there's the puzzle of lunch break. 'Would you rather have a native girl or a koelie to make your sandwiches?' a first-year classmate asks. But Dinah doesn't know the answer, because it's her dad who makes her sandwiches. As the apparatus of repression rolls on, Dinah finds her own way. As we follow her journey through childhood and adolescence, we enter into one of the darker passages of twentieth-century history.

Bloomsbury Paperbacks

Literary

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

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Juggling

Juggling

The Travelling Horn Player

The Travelling Hornplayer

Juggling

The travelling hornplayer

Brother of the More Famous Jack

Frankie and Stankie

Frankie and Stankie

Juggling