An Equal Stillness – By Francesca Kay
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…