The Happiest Days

by Cressida Connolly

• ISBN13: 9780312261719
• ISBN10: 0312261713
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2000-10-13
• Publisher: Picador

Summary

Even happy days come to an end.In this remarkable collection, Cressida Connolly explores the lives of children and young people who, in the wake of life-altering events, find themselves split in two.A conversation on a trip to the zoo - words that caan't be held back - heralds the end of a family; a boy watches his father fold Aunt Rose into his arms and loses his vocation; in an alarming account of sibling rivalry, a young girl grows jealous of the attention paid to her dying sister.Each of these finely crafted stories is its own forceful and separate world where familiar emotions - love, loss, jealousy, loneliness - are dissected and shown anew.With this collection, Cressida Connolly makes an exciting and stunningly original debut.

Author Biography

Cressida Connolly is the daughter of the late Cyril Connolly. She lives in London with her husband and their three children.

Table of Contents

How I Lost My Vocation	1	(20)
Canada	21	(14)
The Pleasure Gardens	35	(22)
Greengages	57	(22)
Granville Hill	79	(20)
Paradise Drive	99	(22)
Bare	121	(20)
The Bounce	141	(24)
Indian Summer	165