Noah's ark
By: Barbara Trapido
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780747599616
Subjects: Single mothers; Fiction; Women painters
Description: Ali Bobrow is an other-worldly single parent with a fraught nine-year-old daughter, a malevolent 'ex' with a grabby new wife, and an underused artistic talent. A pushover when it comes to needy neighbours and uninvited children, she allows her house to be the local drop-in centre, until she collides with Noah Glazer, who falls for her pale red hair. A solid man of science, Noah walks into her over-populated life bringing good sense, order and security. But ten years on, Ali is drawn back into the complexities of her past: an old lover, two ex-spouses, a colleague from clown school and a small smuggled cat all help to rock the boat.
Notes: Originally published: London: Gollancz, 1984.