The Heart Is a Burial Ground
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The Heart Is a Burial Ground

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The Heart Is a Burial Ground

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'There is an addictive pungency to this exotic tale of lives lived loudly' Sunday Times
'The remarkable life of Caresse Crosby, now retold by her great-granddaughter' Observer
A vivid and inventive debut novel about four generations of women in a family, their past and their legacy, which evokes the work of Kate Atkinson, Tessa Hadley and Virginia Baily.

'I will describe it as best I can. This is their story. Or perhaps just mine. Let us begin, again . . .'

On a brisk day in 1970, a daughter arrives at her mother’s home to take care of her as she nears the end of her life. ‘Home’ is the sprawling Italian castle of Roccasinibalda, and Diana’s mother is the legendary Caresse Crosby, one half of literature’s most scandalous couple in 1920s Paris, widow of Harry Crosby, the American heir, poet and publisher who epitomised the ‘Lost Generation’.
 
But it was not only Harry who was lost. Their incendiary love story concealed a darkness that marked mercurial Diana and still burns through the generations: through Diana's troubled daughters Elena and Leonie, and Elena’s young children.
 
Moving between the decades, between France, Italy and the Channel Islands, Tamara Colchester’s debut novel is an unforgettably powerful portrait of a line of extraordinary women, and the inheritance they give their daughters.

'Sensual, evocative and rich with observational truth, this is a vivid and intricate portrait of three extraordinary women' Jeremy Page, author of Salt

'Evocative' Good Housekeeping

'This is a bold, striking and confident novel filled with vivid, sometimes shocking, scenes. It spans decades, generations and continents without ever feeling disjointed. This is a stunning introduction to an intriguing new voice in British fiction, who does real justice to her prodigious forebear' Netgalley reviewer 

Information

Publisher
Scribner UK
Year
2018
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9781471165733
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Epigraph
  3. Prologue
  4. Chapter 1: Hotel des Artistes, New York, 1929
  5. Chapter 2: Roccasinibalda, Italy, 1970
  6. Chapter 3: Boston, 1920
  7. Chapter 4: Roccasinibalda, 1970
  8. Chapter 5: Boston, 1922
  9. Chapter 6: Alderney, Channel Islands, 1993
  10. Chapter 7: Paris, 1923
  11. Chapter 8: Roccasinibalda, 1970
  12. Chapter 9: Paris, 1923
  13. Chapter 10: Alderney, 1993
  14. Chapter 11: Rue de Lille, Paris, 1923
  15. Chapter 12: Roccasinibalda, 1970
  16. Chapter 13: Paris, 1924
  17. Chapter 14: Alderney, 1993
  18. Chapter 15: Rue de Lille, 1924
  19. Chapter 16: Roccasinibalda, 1970
  20. Chapter 17: Rue de Lille, 1924
  21. Chapter 18: Alderney, 1993
  22. Chapter 19: Rue de Lille, 1924
  23. Chapter 20: Alderney, 1993
  24. Chapter 21: Rue de Lille, 1925
  25. Chapter 22: Roccasinibalda, 1970
  26. Chapter 23: Rue de Lille, 1924
  27. Chapter 24: Roccasinibalda, 1970
  28. Chapter 25: Rue de Lille, 1925
  29. Chapter 26: Roccasinibalda, 1970
  30. Chapter 27: Alderney, 1993
  31. Chapter 28: Rue de Lille, 1925
  32. Chapter 29: Roccasinibalda, 1970
  33. Chapter 30: Le Moulin du Soleil, 1926
  34. Chapter 31: Alderney, 1993
  35. Chapter 32: Rue de Lille, 1925
  36. Chapter 33: Roccasinibalda, 1970
  37. Chapter 34: Paris, 1925
  38. Chapter 35: Alderney, 1993
  39. Chapter 36: Rue de Lille, 1926
  40. Chapter 37: Alderney, 1993
  41. Chapter 38: Rue de Lille, 1926
  42. Chapter 39: Roccasinibalda, 1970
  43. Chapter 40: Switzerland, 1927
  44. Chapter 41: Alderney, 1993
  45. Chapter 42: Switzerland, 1927
  46. Chapter 43: Roccasinibalda, 1970
  47. Chapter 44: Switzerland, 1927
  48. Chapter 45: Alderney, 1993
  49. Chapter 46: Switzerland, 1927
  50. Chapter 47: Alderney, 1993
  51. Chapter 48: Switzerland, 1928
  52. Chapter 49: Roccasinibalda, 1970
  53. Chapter 50: Switzerland, 1928
  54. Chapter 51: Roccasinibalda, 1970
  55. Chapter 52: Rue de Lille, 1928
  56. Chapter 53: Alderney, 1993
  57. Chapter 54: Rue de Lille, 1929
  58. Chapter 55: Roccasinibalda, 1970
  59. Chapter 56: Alderney, 1993
  60. Chapter 57: Paris, 1929
  61. Chapter 58: Alderney, 1993
  62. Chapter 59: Rue de Lille, 1929
  63. Chapter 60: Roccasinibalda, 1970
  64. Chapter 61: Alderney, 1993
  65. Chapter 62: Rue de Lille, 1929
  66. Chapter 63: Roccasinibalda, 1970
  67. Chapter 64: Alderney, 1993
  68. Chapter 65: Roccasinibalda, 1970
  69. Chapter 66: Rue de Lille, 1930
  70. Chapter 67: Roccasinibalda, 1970
  71. Chapter 68: Rue de Lille, 1931
  72. Chapter 69: Alderney, 1993
  73. Chapter 70: Roccasinibalda, 1970
  74. Chapter 71: Alderney, 1994
  75. Chapter 72: Alderney, 1994
  76. Acknowledgements
  77. About Tamara Colchester

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