Tin Toys Trilogy
Tin Toys Trilogy by Ursula Holden, published by Virago in 2013, is a literary work that explores the complexities of family life through the experiences of three upper-crust sisters during the Second World War. This edition spans 418 pages and is presented in English. The narrative follows Bonnie, Tor, and Ula, who navigate their tumultuous childhood after the death of their infant brother and the absence of their glamorous mother, leading to a disintegration of their household.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of themes woven throughout the trilogy, including the challenges of growing up in a fractured family and the impact of war on personal lives. The stories unfold as Ula escapes to the home of an enigmatic matriarch, while the sisters face the harsh realities of a boarding school and later struggle to adapt to life in a crumbling farmhouse in Ireland. The trilogy delves into the darker undercurrents of their seemingly privileged existence, offering a nuanced perspective on family dynamics and resilience.
Official synopsis Publisher
‘Superb . . . the deceptively simple style conveys the dark undercurrents of the adult world’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
‘This country house novel about three upper-crust sisters growing up during the second world war is much darker than it sounds’ GUARDIAN
‘Seriously radiant’ THE TIMES
Born into an affluent family, Bonnie, Tor and Ula have been left to the feckless embrace of the cook and their nanny. Their father is dead. Their glamorous mother is away entertaining the troops.
When their infant brother falls ill and dies, the household disintegrates. In Tin Toys, Ula escapes with Cook, barely out of girlhood herself, and lands at the mansion of an enigmatic matriarch. In Unicorn Sisters, the three sisters are sent to a shabby English boarding school where the pupils are pitted against an anarchic gang of East End evacuees. A Bubble Garden finds the girls in Ireland, where they scrape a life in a crumbling, once-grand farmhouse, while their mother and her new husband are mired in their private traumas.
A uniquely compelling and powerful coming of age classic.
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