Never Mind Miss Fox
By (Author) Olivia Glazebrook
Little, Brown Book Group
Virago Press Ltd
26th August 2014
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Long-listed for Encore Award 2015 (UK)
Paperback
256
Width 130mm, Height 195mm, Spine 19mm
250g
Clive and Martha have been together since they met at university; they have a young daughter, Eliza. Their marriage appears serene and content but when Eliza's adored new piano teacher turns out to be a woman from Clive and Martha's past, the enigmatic Eliot Fox, Clive becomes desperate to keep Eliot - and what she knows - away from his family.
She has the ability, like Anita Shreve or Maggie O'Farrell, to scrutinise and describe complex family dynamics with forensic precision . . . a compelling, disconcerting book which lingers long after in the memory - Spectator
A beautifully composed story about seemingly casual cruelties which turn out to have unforgettable consequences - Image MagazineAn evocative and unsettling read, elegantly written - StylistThe dynamics of the small family [are] mined for every gem. The portrayal of Eliza is quite brilliant . . . This is a warm and fascinating portrayal of a modern family at a moment of crisis - Daily ExpressOlivia Glazebrook was born in 1976. She is a screenwriter, journalist, book and film reviewer, and Never Mind Miss Fox is her second novel. Her first, The Trouble With Alice, was published by Short Books in 2010.