Brondesbury Tapestry

Six women and one man attend a life writing class in North London, led by Dorothy. They have urgent stories to tell and discover unexpected connections. The characters include Iris, Pearl, Renee, Sabine, Esther, Edgar, and Enid. The book is illustrated with sharp line drawings by Beatrice Baumgartner-Cohen.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 10 May 2018
Publisher: Peter Halban Publishers Ltd

Six women and one man gather in a community center in North London for a life writing class run by Dorothy, their uniquely unqualified teacher. They have urgent stories to tell, and as they recount them, they discover they are connected in unexpected ways.

There is Iris, eighty years old but still with a taste for younger men; Pearl, single-handedly bringing up her grandson, enigmatic hooded Kai; elusive Renee; Sabine, whose happy Belgian childhood may not have been as happy as it sounds; mixed-up Esther; Edgar, whose winning ways charm them all, and of course, there is Enid, the retired art teacher, who insists on telling her story in pictures, not words. Illustrated with sharp line drawings by illustrator Beatrice Baumgartner-Cohen, The Brondesbury Tapestry is a quirky, perceptive look at a group of people who feel the modern world has left them behind but who have decided that they will still have the last word.

Weight: 250g
Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781905559909