Julia
Part-time lecturer Julia Gibbs is fifty. Her life revolves around husband, Martin, an internationally renowned academic, and their beloved daughter, Polly. Julia and Martin live an orderly and contented life, holidaying on the same Greek island every summer with the same small group of old college friends.
A chance discovery by Julia threatens her peace and happiness and turns her world upside down.
Julia is an intimate and candid portrayal of the complexities of marriage, ageing and love.
About the author:
John Lucas is a poet, critic, biographer, travel writer and novelist. Among his recent books are The Awkward Squad: Rebels in English Cricket (shortlisted for the 2015 Cricket Writers’ Book of the Year) and George Crabbe: A Critical Study and a volume of poetry, Portable Property. He is the author of three other novels: Summer Nineteen Forty-Five, Waterdrops and The Plotting (all published by Greenwich Exchange). He is Professor Emeritus at the Universities of Loughborough and Nottingham Trent.
204 pages
ISBN: 978-1-910996-27-0
Part-time lecturer Julia Gibbs is fifty. Her life revolves around husband, Martin, an internationally renowned academic, and their beloved daughter, Polly. Julia and Martin live an orderly and contented life, holidaying on the same Greek island every summer with the same small group of old college friends.
A chance discovery by Julia threatens her peace and happiness and turns her world upside down.
Julia is an intimate and candid portrayal of the complexities of marriage, ageing and love.
About the author:
John Lucas is a poet, critic, biographer, travel writer and novelist. Among his recent books are The Awkward Squad: Rebels in English Cricket (shortlisted for the 2015 Cricket Writers’ Book of the Year) and George Crabbe: A Critical Study and a volume of poetry, Portable Property. He is the author of three other novels: Summer Nineteen Forty-Five, Waterdrops and The Plotting (all published by Greenwich Exchange). He is Professor Emeritus at the Universities of Loughborough and Nottingham Trent.
204 pages
ISBN: 978-1-910996-27-0
Part-time lecturer Julia Gibbs is fifty. Her life revolves around husband, Martin, an internationally renowned academic, and their beloved daughter, Polly. Julia and Martin live an orderly and contented life, holidaying on the same Greek island every summer with the same small group of old college friends.
A chance discovery by Julia threatens her peace and happiness and turns her world upside down.
Julia is an intimate and candid portrayal of the complexities of marriage, ageing and love.
About the author:
John Lucas is a poet, critic, biographer, travel writer and novelist. Among his recent books are The Awkward Squad: Rebels in English Cricket (shortlisted for the 2015 Cricket Writers’ Book of the Year) and George Crabbe: A Critical Study and a volume of poetry, Portable Property. He is the author of three other novels: Summer Nineteen Forty-Five, Waterdrops and The Plotting (all published by Greenwich Exchange). He is Professor Emeritus at the Universities of Loughborough and Nottingham Trent.
204 pages
ISBN: 978-1-910996-27-0