The Sea Lady Av Margaret Drabble

<p><b>The most recent novel by Margaret Drabble,<i> The Sea Lady </i></b><b>tells a story of first and last love, of evolution and the ebb and flow of time that gives shape to our lives.</b><br><br>Humphrey and Ailsa meet as children by a grey, northern sea. Humphrey is quiet, serious - and will in time explore the sea''s mysteries; Ailsa is angry, a freckled cobra ready to strike. Yet they fascinate one another and when they meet again years later they fall briefly - and disastrously - in love. <br><br>Half a lifetime passes before Humphrey and Ailsa''s paths finally re-cross. What will each make of their past? And of the future?<br><br><i>''The Sea Lady </i>proves [Drabble] remains one of the most thought-provoking and intellectually challenging writers around'' <i>FT Magazine</i><br><br>''A pleasure to read . . . utterly engrossing'' <i>Guardian</i><br><br>''Drabble excels at describing the minute detail of human behaviour . . . <i>The Sea Lady </i>is a potent tribute to lost dreams