The picture book, Jo Baker
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The picture book, Jo Baker
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
novels
Main title
The picture book
Oclc number
772310042
Responsibility statement
Jo Baker
Summary
Set against the rolling backdrop of a century of British history from WWI to the War on Terror, this is a family portrait captured in snapshots. First there is William, the factory lad who loses his life in Gallipoli, then his son Billy, a champion cyclist who survives the D-Day Landings on a military bicycle, followed by his crippled son Will who becomes an Oxford academic in the 1960s, and finally his daughter Billie, an artist in contemporary London. Just as the names - William, Billy, Will, Billie - echo down through the family, so, too, the legacy of choices made, chances lost, and secrets kept.s
Target audience
adult
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