by Helen Walsh · Flammarion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782081221505
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«Une famille anglaise» is the literary fiction novel by Helen Walsh, published by Flammarion in paperback (395 pages, in French).
On the coldest night of 1975, Robbie Fitzgerald runs through the snowy streets of Warrington to save his family. Married to Susheela, a Tamil nurse, he faces racism, poverty and neighbourhood hatred with her. The novel follows two decades of the Fitzgeralds' lives, with achievements, hopes and disappointments, and portrays a family that leaves its mark.
Work originally published in English as «Once Upon a Time in England» (2008), with French translation by Cécile Chartres. The original work won the Somerset Maugham Award.
Suitable for reading groups and for readers of contemporary fiction seeking family stories with social and racial undertones.
