The Lightning Tree

The Lightning Tree

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Publisher's Synopsis

United Kingdom circa the 1980s-Ursula and Jerry find themselves surrounded by hip hairdos and dominating parents. The future looks bleak if they do not change their lives dramatically. Both are itching to escape their current lives and engage with the wider world.

Ursula's work as a teacher takes her far away to India to instruct disabled children, while Jerry accepts a scholarship to Magdalen College-but only to "highlight the absurdity of privilege."

Their written exchanges are deep, political, and full of irony. All the while, Jerry stays committed to Ursula in mind but not in body, questioning their relationship and the nature of their love.

Book information

ISBN: 9781609453350
Publisher: Europa
Imprint: Europa Editions
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.92
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 298
Weight: 376g
Height: 210mm
Width: 135mm
Spine width: 20mm