Here we are

Swift, Graham 1949- (author.).

Summary: "It's the summer of 1959, and something magical can be witnessed at the end of the pier in beach town Brighton, England. Jack Robbins, Ronnie Deane, and Evie White are performing in a seaside variety show, starring as Jack Robinson the compere comedian, and The Great Pablo and Eve: a magic act. By the end of the summer, Evie's glinting engagement ring will be flung to the bottom of the ocean and one of the trifecta will vanish forever. All three friends begin their path toward the end of Brighton's pier early in life. Evie and Jack's mothers always trumpeting the support that is trademark of stage mothers, while Ronnie's mother sends her son out in the child evacuations to Penny and Eric Lawrence for safety from the London blitz. It's within the safety and love of Evergrene, the Lawrences' estate, that magic creeps into Ronnie's life for the first time and starts the intricate intertwining of fate, chance, and show business. Magic and reality share the stage in this masterly and devastating story that pulls back the curtain on the power of love, family, and the touchstones of our memories"--

Item details

ISBN: 9780525658054
ISBN: 052565805X
ISBN: 9780525658061
Physical Description: print
195 pages ; 20 cm
Edition: First United States Edition.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
Copyright: ©2020

Find similar items by subject

Subject:

Magicians Fiction
Entertainers Fiction
Theaters Fiction
Brighton (England) Fiction
Cloth or Hardcover
Fiction - General
Literary
Historical - World War II
Romance - Historical - 20th Century
Entertainers
Magicians
Theaters
England Brighton
Magicians Fiction
Entertainers Fiction
Theaters Fiction
Interpersonal relations Fiction
Brighton (England) Fiction

Genre:

Fiction
Historical fiction
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.

Currently available copies

20 out of 21 copies are currently available at PINES. (Show)
2 out of 2 copies are currently available at Athens Regional Library System. (Show)
1 out of 1 copy are currently available at Athens-Clarke County Library.