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This month's Penguin Book Club pick
The White Woman on the Green Bicycle
Author:
Monique Roffey
An unforgettable love story, brimming with passion and politics, set over fifty years in Trinidad – a place at times enchanting, and at times highly dangerous . . .
When George and Sabine Harwood arrive in Trinidad from England as young newlyweds, they have with them just a couple of suitcases and Sabine's prized green bicycle. Their intention is to stay for not more then three years, but George falls in love with the island. Sabine, however, is ill at ease with the racial segregation and unrest in her new home, and takes solace in the freedom of her green bicycle.
George and Sabine become more entangled in their life on the island – in all its passion and betrayals – and Sabine's bicycle takes her places she wouldn't otherwise go. One day George make a discovery that forces him to realise that extent of the secrets between them, and is seized by an urgent, desperate need to prove his love for her – with tragic consequences.
'Boundless in its understanding of the human spirit . . . will resonate with readers everywhere.'
Olive Senior, poet, writer and Caribbean woman of letters
'Monique Roffey is a writer of verve, vibrancy and compassion . . . a joy to read.'
Sarah Hall, author of The Electric Michelangelo, shortlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize
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| Published: | 1 June 2009 |
| Format: | Paperback , 448 pages |
| RRP: | $32.95 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780670073504 |
| Imprint: | Viking |
| Publisher: | Penguin Aus. |
| Origin: | Australia |
| Category: | Modern & Contemporary Fiction (Post C 1945) |
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The Alphabet Sisters
Blue Sky July
The Case of the Imaginary Detective
Closed For Winter
Cloudstreet
A Curious Intimacy
Drylands
Emma
Fishing for Stars
The Help
The Hunter
Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop
It's Raining in Mango
Julie & Julia
Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously
Knitting
Lines In The Sand
The Lost Book of Salem
The Love Child
The Marriage Club
The Master and Margarita
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Moby Dick Or, the Whale-CLA
The Nearly Happy Family
The Nearly Happy Family: A Tragic Comedy About Food, Love and Life
A New Earth
A New Earth: Create A Better Life
A New Earth: Create a Better Life
Oil!
The Olive Grove
On the Road
Pieces of Blue
The Rainy Season
The Rose Notes
Shame on You
The Shark Net
Shearwater
Sonata for Miriam
Things I Want My Daughters to Know
Thursday's Child
The Unexpected Elements of Love
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