Notes From An Exhibition Av Patrick Gale

<P><B>One of Patrick Gale''s best-loved novels, NOTES FROM AN EXHIBITION, set in Cornwall, is the exquisite story of artistic compulsion, marriage, and the secrets left behind</B><br><br><B>''Poised and pitch-perfect throughout'' <I>Mail on Sunday</I></B><br><B><br>''This book is complete perfection'' Stephen Fry</B><br><br>Celebrated artist Rachel Kelly dies alone in her Penzance studio, after decades of struggling with the creative highs and devastating lows that have coloured her life. <br><br>Her family gathers, each of them searching for answers. They reflect on lives shaped by the enigmatic Rachel - as artist, wife and mother - and on the ambiguous legacies she leaves them, of talent, torment and transcendent love.<br><br><B>''</B><B>An uplifting, immensely empathetic novel''</B><I><B>Guardian</B></I><br><br><B><I>What readers love about NOTES FROM AN EXHIBITION:</I></B><br><br><B><I>''</I> A shifting, multi-layered, beautifully textured portrait of not-quite ordinary family life'' </B>⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐<br><br><B>''The word that shimmers with me is empathy. Gale has such a sensitive understanding of how minds and hearts work and react on one another amid the chaos and sometimes intense joys of real living'' </B>⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐<br><br><B>''I loved the exhibition-style notes at the beginning of each chapter, which heralded a hint of the chapter''s contents. Beautifully woven back and forth in time to reveal the complexities of fascinating family members and their relationships'' </B>⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐</P>