The Forever Girl

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Polygon/Birlinn Ltd
Publisher Place: Edinburgh
Publisher Year: 2014
Edition: First Edition

Description: 316 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. Aged Six Clover Falls In Love With Her Best Friend James, But In The Adult World Its Not So Easy. James Drifts Away From Clover, But She Keeps An Eye On Him And Follows Him To Australia.

Publishers Description: At the age of four Clover chooses her own name. Aged six, she falls in love with her best friend, James, with whom she happily spends all her time. But in the adult world, things are not so simple: at the same time that Clover's mother finds she's fallen out of love with her husband, she realises that James's father is interested in her. As the children grow into adulthood, their connection becomes more complicated as well: James drifts away from Clover, but she keeps him in her sights: she attends the same college in Scotland and then follows him to London, Sydney, Singapore, rebuilding her life in every city, hoping each time that James will see what he is missing. As Clover and James, and their parents, navigate their irresistible but baffling mazes of emotion, we are given a beautifully realised tale about how love, even if unrequited, can shape a life.

ISBN: 9781846972294