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Language
  
English

Publisher
  
Quercus Publishing

Pages
  
346

Author
  
William Nicholson

Country
  
United Kingdom

3.6/5
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Genre
  
Women's Fiction

Publication date
  
2009

Originally published
  
2009

Page count
  
346

OCLC
  
310157628

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Media type
  
Print (Paperback & Hardback)

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Book review the secret intensity of everyday life by william nicholson


The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life is a novel by the British playwright, novelist and Oscar nominated screenwriter William Nicholson.

Contents

Plot summary

Laura, the central character, lives happily enough with her husband and children, until a long forgotten lover comes back into her life. When her passion is re-awakened, she comes to realise how the excitement has faded from her life.

As the story unfolds we find that everyone in the Sussex village where the novel is set, lives with their own inner dramas. None of them seems to notice that she is going through a crisis. The hidden feelings of a large cast of characters are interwoven to form a plot that attempts to reveal the intensity with which ordinary lives are led.

The novel is multi-stranded exploring the highs and lows of life. Sometimes serious, at others sublime, it tries to answer the central question, how much happiness we should expect from life.

The novel is set in Sussex, UK.

References

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