Four adult siblings come together for a three-week holiday – and must decide whether they’ll keep their family’s old, neglected summer home. It may sound like the setting of a Chekhov play, but here it’s British author Tessa Hadley at the helm. In her new novel “The Past” she steers readers through the little dramas, secrets, and deeply-felt emotions of one family, against a richly-described natural background. Hadley’s short stories and novels often include portraits of families and strong, complex women…and “The Past”, her sixth novel, features both. Author Tessa Hadley on her new book, why it took until age forty-six to publish her first novel, and what compels her to write about ordinary lives.
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