Emily Woof è una scrittrice versatile il cui lavoro spazia tra palcoscenico, cinema e radio. Le sue narrazioni esplorano profonde esperienze umane con una prospettiva autoriale distintiva. I contributi letterari di Woof, incluso il suo acclamato romanzo d'esordio, mostrano una voce unica che risuona attraverso diversi media. Offre costantemente storie avvincenti con una notevole ampiezza di visione.
Katherine Freeman has drifted far from her life as a dancer. His intense passion for his work masks a complicated inner world, and his already fraught relationship with Katherine is further threatened when she falls in love with his young colleague, Stephen Jericho.
This is a story of two young people who fall in love - and then life gets in the way.Ursula is part dreamer, part radical in the making. Raised in a matriarchal household by a CND-loving activist, she is impatient to begin a life of adventure. But this is Newcastle in the mid-80s where girls are getting permed and their dreams go no further than copping off down the Bigg Market. Then Ursula meets Jerry, a class warrior from the wrong side of town, intellectually hungry, erudite and ambitious. It is a meeting of bodies, souls, minds and ideals. Keen to pursue the road less travelled, Ursula heads to India while Jerry goes to Oxford and the promise of politics and power. But Ursula's family is clouded with secrets, and the past threatens to repeat itself. As Ursula searches for answers, she is soon drifting - and Jerry loses touch. What happens to young love when it is tested by real life? In this second novel from the acclaimed author of The Whole Wide Beauty, Emily Woof interweaves across generations asking us to question the nature of love in all its forms.
Mitte der 80er Jahre im englischen Newcastle: Ursula und Jerry kennen sich seit ihrer Kindheit, sie werden früh ein Paar, doch können die Liebe nicht halten. Ursula sehnt sich nach Freiheit, sie geht nach Indien, kommt verändert zurück, wird Schauspielerin und bekommt ein Kind. Der ehrgeizige Jerry studiert in Oxford und heiratet. Doch im Grunde ihres Herzens konnten sie sich nie vergessen. Eines Tages begegnen sie sich in ihrer Heimatstadt wieder: bei der Beerdigung von Ursulas Großmutter Mary. Auf jenem Hügel, auf dem der Gewitterbaum steht, der in Ursulas Familie schon immer von großer Bedeutung war ...