Holding On
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
In Holding On, Eva Hanagan crafts a darkly witty and tension-filled portrait of a family teetering on the edge of ruin, bound together by greed and desperate secrets. When the Gordon-Fenn family, once wealthy, find their fortunes depleted, the elderly patriarch Samuel becomes obsessed with clearing his land for development. The primary obstacle to his prosperity is Lily Gudgeon, a gardener’s widow living in a cottage on the estate who steadfastly refuses to leave. As the adults hatch increasingly callous schemes to displace her, Samuel’s twelve-year-old granddaughter, Felicity, forms an unlikely and clandestine bond with Lily, uncovering the painful truths buried beneath the family’s facade of respectability.Hanagan, often hailed for her sharp observational style and biting, sophisticated humor, masterfully navigates the intersection of social satire and human frailty. Holding On is more than a study of avarice; it is a meticulously plotted psychological drama that interrogates the lengths to which individuals will go to maintain the remnants of a fading legacy. With its precise, evocative prose and an unerring eye for the eccentricities of the English middle class, this novel remains a compelling, albeit chilling, exploration of the destructive power of secrets and the complexity of the human spirit.
Author: Eva Flanagan
Format: Hardback
Genre: Fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
In Holding On, Eva Hanagan crafts a darkly witty and tension-filled portrait of a family teetering on the edge of ruin, bound together by greed and desperate secrets. When the Gordon-Fenn family, once wealthy, find their fortunes depleted, the elderly patriarch Samuel becomes obsessed with clearing his land for development. The primary obstacle to his prosperity is Lily Gudgeon, a gardener’s widow living in a cottage on the estate who steadfastly refuses to leave. As the adults hatch increasingly callous schemes to displace her, Samuel’s twelve-year-old granddaughter, Felicity, forms an unlikely and clandestine bond with Lily, uncovering the painful truths buried beneath the family’s facade of respectability.Hanagan, often hailed for her sharp observational style and biting, sophisticated humor, masterfully navigates the intersection of social satire and human frailty. Holding On is more than a study of avarice; it is a meticulously plotted psychological drama that interrogates the lengths to which individuals will go to maintain the remnants of a fading legacy. With its precise, evocative prose and an unerring eye for the eccentricities of the English middle class, this novel remains a compelling, albeit chilling, exploration of the destructive power of secrets and the complexity of the human spirit.