Shelf life
Franchini, Livia2020
Book
Launching an intelligent, perceptive new voice in fiction, 'Shelf Life' is the exquisite, heart-wrenching story of a woman rebuilding herself on her own terms. Ruth is 30 years old. She works as a nurse in a care home and her fiancé has just broken up with her. The only thing she has left of him is their shopping list for the upcoming week. And so she uses that list to tell her story. Starting with six eggs, and working through spaghetti and strawberries, and apples and tea bags, Ruth discovers that her identity has been crafted from the people she serves; her patients, her friends, and, most of all, her partner of ten years.
Main title:
Shelf life / Livia Franchini.
Author:
Franchini, Livia, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Black Swan, 2020.
Collation:
277 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Doubleday, 2019.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781784164805 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
BRN:
482813