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Key ideas from the book
- Isobel Fairfax grows up in Lythe, a 1960s British suburb with an Elizabethan past.
- Isobel investigates the history of her family, neighbors and village.
- Shakespearean time shifts connect Lythe’s present with its past.
- The story explores mysteries surrounding Isobel’s missing mother and war-hero father.
- The novel combines coming-of-age fiction, family mystery and fantasy.
About Human Croquet by Kate Atkinson
Published in 1998, Kate Atkinson’s Human Croquet blends literary fiction, mystery, fantasy and coming-of-age storytelling. Its central character, Isobel Fairfax, is growing up in Lythe, a British suburb of the 1960s with a much older history: the village was once the heart of an Elizabethan estate.
As Isobel investigates her family, neighbors and village, the past sometimes intrudes through Shakespearean time shifts. Her inquiries bring her closer to the truths surrounding her missing mother and war-hero father, as well as the hidden lives of her friends and classmates.
Readers interested in British fiction, family mysteries and stories that intertwine contemporary life with historical and fantastical elements may find this novel especially appealing.
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