Liza's England A Novel [Paperback]

In Pat Barker'sLiza's England, Liza Garrett is the first child in town born in the twentieth century--whose life in many ways mirrors the turmoils of England itself. The tough, severe, but very real and recognizable world of women is put to the most strenuous tests, and Liza, at eighty-four, is proof that loyalty, fortitude and humor survive.

Pat Barker's writing is so sure, and her characters so vital, that a powerful story emerges, honest, grim but often funny, and always engrossing. Newsday

There seems to be nothing about the way women live, and feel, that she doesn't know. Chicago Tribune Books

Pat Barkeris the author of more than a dozen novels, includingBorder Crossing. For her highly acclaimed Regeneration Trilogy, she was awarded theGuardianfiction prize and the Booker Prize. She lives in England.