Review
A story of terrible innocence...with openings of unexpected love and grace worthy of Graham Greene (The Independent on Sunday )
Burning Bright is a beautifully constructed and thought-provoking novel, with a freshness that makes it outstanding (Sunday Telegraph )
Helen Dunmore beautifully fulfils the highest function of a storyteller - to make you wonder what will happen next...one goes on addressing the problems of evil which Dunmore raises, long after one has finished her electrifying book (Sunday Times ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Burning Bright is a beautifully constructed and thought-provoking novel, with a freshness that makes it outstanding (Sunday Telegraph )
Helen Dunmore beautifully fulfils the highest function of a storyteller - to make you wonder what will happen next...one goes on addressing the problems of evil which Dunmore raises, long after one has finished her electrifying book (Sunday Times ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Product Description
A 16-year-old girl leaves home to live with her Finnish lover, Kai and his business partner, Tony. Nadine is bright but naive, she likes feeling looked after and doesn't question where the money comes from. The story charts her growing friendship with the elderly Enid who is a sitting tenant.
From the Back Cover
`Dunmore's darkest rainbow' Independent
`A story of terrible innocence' Independent on Sunday
`A seductive narrative illuminated with instants of visionary clarity' Guardian --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
About the Author
Helen Dunmore has published nine novels with Penguin: Zennor in Darkness, which won the McKitterick Prize; Burning Bright; A Spell of Winter, which won the Orange Prize; Talking to the Dead; Your Blue-Eyed Boy; With Your Crooked Heart; The Siege, which was shortlisted for the 2001 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award and for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002; Mourning Ruby and House of Orphans. She is also a poet, children’s novelist and short-story writer.
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