The Clematis Tree
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Clematis Tree
By (Author) Ann Widdecombe
Orion Publishing Co
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1st June 2001
1st February 2001
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
823.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
480
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 28mm
262g
Description
Mark and Claire seem an ideal couple. He is an accountant, she the daughter of a successful businessman. They live in a comfortable middle-class village in Surrey. Then, during a party for their daughter Pippa's baptism, their son Jeremy is knocked down on the road outside. It is their worst nightmare, something they thought could never happen, and the consequences will affect each one of them more than they could possibly imagine. What is Claire's guilty secret, and can her wealthy, self-made father help Will Mark, desperate to escape, have the nerve to leave And how will Pippa be affected by the turmoil that began on the day of her own christening The once ideal marriage is troubled by the stress, the pressure caused by Jeremy's state of health. But is Jeremy the glue that holds the marriage together, however tenuously
Reviews
Ambitious * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
She has crafted a compelling story about the way a family copes with a catastrophe. The isolation ofthe parents within an apparently loving family is acutely observed
-- Bel Mooney * THE TIMES *A delight, a very polished read * CATHOLIC HERALD *
An accomplished first novel * TATLER *
Author Bio
Tory MP for Maidstone. In John Major's Government she was Home Office Minister under Michael Howard. Shadow Home Secretary 1997-2001. Unmarried and a Roman Catholic convert. Has been writing since at school where she won essay prizes. Now writing third novel.
