Author:Penelope Lively
Pauline is spending the summer at World's End, a cottage somewhere in the middle of England. This year the adjoining cottage is occupied by her daughter Teresa and baby grandson Luke; and, of course, Maurice, the man Teresa married. As the hot months unfold, Maurice grows ever more involved in the book he is writing - and with his female copy editor - and Pauline can only watch in dismay and anger as her daughter repeats her own mistakes in love. The heat and tension will lead to a violent, startling climax.
In Heat Wave, Penelope Lively gives us a moving portrayal of a fragile family damaged and defined by adultery, and the lengths to which a mother will go to protect the ones she loves.
Extraordinarily good, intelligent and perceptive... very moving
—— Susan HillMade me laugh out loud. Does for divorcees what Bridget Jones's Diary did for singletons
—— Lynn Barber , Daily TelegraphThe funniest novel of the year. A brilliant take on modern matrimony
—— Evening StandardA sharp, witty novel...groundbreaking in women's fiction in that it attempts to investigate modern marriage: what it does to women, to their sex drive and their sense of self
—— Marie ClaireBrilliantly funny
—— VogueA comic tour de force
—— Daily TelegraphThat rare thing: the lightweight comic novel that is well written, neatly constructed and actually funny
—— GuardianClara is a thoroughly engaging, modern heroine who never descends into head-clutching cuteness. If India Knight doesn't produce a sequel, sharpish, she needs her head examined
—— The Times
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