The Facts of Life

Description:

A remarkable young boy, Frank Arthur Vine, the product of a passionate encounter between his mother Cassie and an American G.I., is brought up by his mother's six very different--and idiosyncratic--sisters and his charismatic grandmother after his mother is determined to be too unstable, in a emotional and multifaceted novel set against the backdrop of Coventry, England.

Selected Reviews:

"O]ne of the most eccentric British households since the Mitfords....A rich and engaging account..., narrated with real grace by a master storyteller."

--Kirkus