Brother of the More Famous Jack: RejacketedStylish, suburban Katherine is eighteen when she is propelled into the centre of Professor Jacob Goldman's rambling home and his large eccentric family. As his enchanting yet sharp-tongued wife Jane gives birth to her sixth child, Katherine meets the volatile, stroppy Jonathan and his older, more beautiful brother Roger, who wins her heart. First love quickly leads to heartbreak and sends her fleeing to Rome but, ten years on, she returns to find the Goldmans again. A little wiser and a lot more grown-up, Katherine faces her future. Brother of the More Famous Jack is Barbara Trapido's highly acclaimed and much loved debut; a book that redefined the coming-of-age novel. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 43 |
Section 3 | 46 |
Section 4 | 61 |
Section 5 | 72 |
Section 6 | 76 |
Section 7 | 79 |
Section 8 | 83 |
Section 15 | 120 |
Section 16 | 122 |
Section 17 | 124 |
Section 18 | 128 |
Section 19 | 132 |
Section 20 | 137 |
Section 21 | 150 |
Section 22 | 185 |
Section 9 | 86 |
Section 10 | 96 |
Section 11 | 101 |
Section 12 | 107 |
Section 13 | 110 |
Section 14 | 118 |
Section 23 | 194 |
Section 24 | 205 |
Section 25 | 213 |
Section 26 | 234 |
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