Product Description

The First Time I Heard Anthea Speak is the story of Sylvia Bollusk, a woman both ordinary and ex-traordinary, and her struggle for survival. She is a failed actress, trying to make ends meet in post-war austerity Britain by whatever means she can. Most of her family and her four previous husbands have been annihilated in tragic circumstances. Then she meets Dickie, the jaunty prosthetic limb salesman, who she knows, in her heart, is the one. But the happy ending she longs for is jeopardized when she succumbs to the terrible hereditary condition Latent Twin Syndrome, and Anthea develops. The climax is a breathless swirl played out to the giddy music of a hurdy-gurdy. Sibling rivalry at its most extreme, only one of the sisters will survive the surgery to separate them. Which one will it be?

The book contains 34 photos, including the main characters and key locations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1548218 in Books
• Published on: 2010-12-08
• Binding: Paperback
• 252 pages

About the Author
Lily Prior currently lives in Oxford with her husband Chris and son Cosmo. Lily's previous novels have been set in Italy. Her new novel, The First Time I Heard Anthea Speak is set mainly in London, where Lily was born and grew up.