The three graces

£9.99

When Enzo shoots an illegal migrant from his bedroom one night, it triggers a series of events that embroil old and young, rich and poor, native and foreign. His elderly neighbours Ruth, Diana and Marta are three friends who have retired to Tuscany. Ruth’s favourite grandson Olly is about to get married from her idyllic hillside farmhouse; however, the bride, Tania, seems curiously unengaged by anything but vlogging as a social media influencer. Marta, preparing to give the annual music recital, sponsored by a Russian oligarch in hiding from Putin, is increasingly unwell, and her grandson, Xan, is full of resentment at the inequalities he encounters, nursing her husband, Lord Evenlode, who is living with dementia, and looking back over a long and troubled marriage. Over two weeks in May, all these characters will face challenging choices as they grapple with their own past and with present dangers.

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‘A brilliant piece of storytelling that revels in the world of expat old ladies in Tuscany, and should be the book that everybody’s reading this summer’ Andrew O’Hagan

‘In the Tuscan hilltop village of Santorno, the setting for Amanda Craig’s entertaining and bracing new novel, the Three Graces of her title are preparing for a spring wedding. Adorning this idyll Craig’s Graces – Ruth, Marta and Diana – are a trio of elderly expatriates with a total of “four breasts, five eyes and three hip replacements” between them… witty, sharp-eyed and ridiculously enjoyable’ Christobel Kent, Guardian

When Enzo, a local villager, shoots an illegal immigrant from his bedroom window one night it triggers a series of events that embroil old and young, rich and poor, native and foreign.

‘Enjoyable and provocative… romantic and realistic’ Emily Rhodes, Spectator

‘I absolutely LOVED The Three Graces. It’s about Tuscany and Umbria and Italy and immigration and ageing and generational divides and art and beauty and music and suffering and love and joy and life. It’s bursting with compassion and wisdom’ Christina Patterson

Additional information

Weight 320 g
Dimensions 200 × 130 × 42 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

395

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K