Clever Girl
Book description
An indelible story of one womanâs life, revealed in a series of beautifully sculpted episodes that illuminate an era, moving from the 1960s to today, from one of Britainâs leading literary lightsâTessa Hadley.
âClever Girl isâŚwhat could be called a âsensibilityâ novelâa story that doesnât overreach, about a character whoâŚ
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A lower-middle-class girl grows up in provincial England, and we follow her from early childhood through middle age. Thatâs it. She has a few relationships, a few kids, and some friendships. She fights with her mother, she works, and she thinks about her life, but only in passing because sheâs busy living.
The kind of book thatâs not supposed to work, except it does. It was technically marketed as a novel but exists on the disputed border between connected short story collections and novels. Each section can be read by itself and is a world unto itself. This book isâŚ
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