An Equal Stillness – By Francesca Kay

No Comments Written by whizzbang on August 20, 2009 in books.

Francesca Kay won the presigious Orange Award for New Writers with this, her debut novel, which was recently offered for half-price with The Times Newspaper.

Examining the conflicts between creativity and family expectations, it features a character named Jennet Mallow, who grew up with a disillusioned mother & a Father haunted by memories of war.

She meets a handsome & enigmatic painter named David Heaton & and the two of them begin a tempestuous affair, however as Jennet’s career flourishes her relationship with David begins to suffer, with potentially tragic consequences…