num_pages: 304
description: A remarkable young boy, Frank Arthur Vine, the product of a passionate encounter between his mother Cassie and an American G.I., is brought up by his mother's six very different--and idiosyncratic--sisters and his charismatic grandmother after his mother is determined to be too unstable, in a emotional and multifaceted novel set against the backdrop of Coventry, England.
language: English
title: The Facts of Life
titlecomplete: The Facts of Life
genres: British Literature, Literary Fiction, Magical Realism, World War II, Fantasy, War, Speculative Fiction, Historical, Fiction, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 1218
places: Coventry, Warwickshire, England
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Novel, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire
category: Roman étranger, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: British Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Prix Masterton
category: Roman traduit
publisher: Atria Books