Difference between revisions of "Orange Prize for Fiction 2012"
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|author=Jane Harris | |author=Jane Harris | ||
|title=Gillespie and I | |title=Gillespie and I | ||
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|genre=Literary Fiction | |genre=Literary Fiction | ||
| − | |summary= | + | |summary=The 'I' in the title of Jane Harris's Gillespie and I is Harriet Baxter. Now elderly and residing in London in 1933, she is finally telling her events of what happened in the early 1880s in Glasgow and her relationship with the Gillespie family. At the time, a spinster of independent means, she arrived in Glasgow to visit the International Exhibition and became a champion of and friend to a young Scottish painter, Ned Gillespie and his young family. We know from early on that tragedy struck the Gillespie family leading to Ned destroying his career, but Harriet wants to set the record straight with regard to her involvement in events. You may or may not believe her story. |
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571238300</amazonuk> | |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571238300</amazonuk> | ||
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Revision as of 18:18, 21 March 2012
The Shortlist will be announced on 17 April with the awards ceremony on 30 May.
Longlist
