Feelings so common, so universal, that they are rarely thought about are, in this superb novel, given center stage, described with great accuracy, lyrical beauty and heartbreaking poignancy. They are felt by two characters. Claire is a single mom working in one of England's last remaining shoe factories in Norwich. Arun is an elderly Indian man who still makes chappals by hand --
0007462816 9780007583133
2016387601
Life--Fiction. Single mothers--Fiction. Alcoholics--Fiction. Interpersonal relations--Fiction.