'Poised and pitch-perfect throughout' Mail on Sunday
Set in Cornwall, the bestselling novel of artistic compulsion, marriage, and the secrets left behind.
'This book is complete perfection' Stephen Fry
Celebrated artist Rachel Kelly dies alone in her Penzance studio, after decades of struggling with the creative highs and devastating lows that have coloured her life. Her family gathers, each of them searching for answers. They reflect on lives shaped by the enigmatic Rachel - as artist, wife and mother - and on the ambiguous legacies she leaves them, of talent, torment and transcendent love.
'An uplifting, immensely empathetic novel'Guardian
What readers love about NOTES FROM AN EXHIBITION:
' A shifting, multi-layered, beautifully textured portrait of not-quite ordinary family life' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'The word that shimmers with me is empathy. Gale has such a sensitive understanding of how minds and hearts work and react on one another amid the chaos and sometimes intense joys of real living' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I loved the exhibition-style notes at the beginning of each chapter, which heralded a hint of the chapter's contents. Beautifully woven back and forth in time to reveal the complexities of fascinating family members and their relationships' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781472255389
Number of pages: 416
Weight: 291 g
Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 30 mm
This book is complete perfection
Poised and pitch-perfect throughout - Mail on Sunday
Dense, thought-provoking, sensitive, satisfying, humorous, humane - a real treat - Daily Telegraph
As rich and inventive as we would expect from this brilliant author - Independent
An uplifting, immensely empathetic novel, and Gale's prose, as ever is as clear and bright as the Cornish light - Guardian
Thought provoking, beautiful prose that continues to resonate days after I finish the book, making me wonder about the family and the impact of the artist's sometimes harrowing experiences. Her paintings are... More
While this book attempts to unravel the history and mystery of the difficult and talented main protagonist, it was impossible to care for any of the main characters who came across as selfish, self regarding and... More
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