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Jennet Mallow is born in Yorkshire in the 1920s but her interest in art and creativity alienates her from her family, her father who is a priest, her conventional sister and her emotionally stunted mother. Jennet moves to London in search of a more exciting life and finds it in her new environment and in the handsome and enigmatic figure of the painter David Heaton.

When Jennet falls pregnant, her parents more or less force the two to marry. In the postwar austerity of the 1940s, the young couple struggles to make ends meet and Jennet finds that her home life is gradually eroding everything she has fought to achieve. Aware that David is becoming increasingly reliant on drink and tired of the dank and drab bedsit in which they live, Jennet suggests they move to Spain. There, the bright blue skies, warm air and sunlit beaches give the couple and their children a new lease of life. Jennet begins to paint again and an agent takes an interest in her work. But as Jennet's own career begins to take off, her relationship with David sours and the two enter a destructive spiral with tragic consequences.

Written in the form of a biography, AN EQUAL STILLNESS is an outstanding debut, breathtaking in the poise and beauty of its language and craft.

About the Author :
Francesca Kay grew up in South-east Asia and India and has subsequently lived in Jamaica, the United States, Germany and Ireland. She now lives in Oxford with her family and works in British-Irish relations.

Review :
An Equal Stillness is pitch perfect. Kay describes Mallow's painting with an arresting intensity - DAILY MAIL - Eithne Farry

An enchanting life story... Exquisitely written: the descriptions of Jennet's work, paintings that never existed and the descriptions of colour are breathtaking. - DAILY EXPRESS

it's the freshness of the prose, the insightfulness of the author, that makes this a very special book... A startlingly accomplished debut. - newbooks magazine

a masterful portrait of a woman forging an unexpectedly dazzling career against the backdrop of familial duty - EASY LIVING

Kay writes about art with a wonderful sensuality and relish - THE TIMES

Kay's writing is beautifully intense - FINANCIAL TIMES

a compelling, vivid portrait - THE GUARDIAN

Francesca Kay's impressive first novel is a fictional biography... The descriptions of artworks are remarkable. Colour is evoked with amazing subtlety. - THE INDEPENDENT


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780297855491
  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • Publisher Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • Height: 222 mm
  • No of Pages: 240
  • Sub Title: Winner of the Orange Award for New Writers 2009
  • Width: 141 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0297855492
  • Publisher Date: 29 Jan 2009
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Weight: 370 gr


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