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Language English Publisher Quercus Publishing Pages 346 Country United Kingdom | 3.6/5 Genre Women's Fiction Publication date 2009 Originally published 2009 Page count 346 OCLC 310157628 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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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.