The White Family Explained

The White Family
Author:Maggie Gee
Cover Artist:Robert Taylor
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Publisher:Saqi Books
Release Date:2002
Media Type:Print
Pages:416
Isbn:0-86356-380-5

The White Family is a novel by English author Maggie Gee, published in 2002 in London by Saqi Books. It was shortlisted for both the 2003 Orange Prize[1] and the 2004 International Dublin Literary Award.[2]

Plot introduction

It is set in Hillesden, a thinly disguised Willesden[3] [4] in north-west London. Alfred White, a park keeper, collapses while on duty, and his family gather round his hospital bed and reflect on issues of love, hatred, sex and death.[5]

Reception

Sequel

Characters in The White Family appear in Gee's 2004 novel The Flood, set in an unspecified future date.[8]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.theguardian.com/books/orangeprize2002/0,,670982,00.html Orange Prize 2002 | Special Reports | guardian.co.uk Books
  2. http://www.impacdublinaward.ie/award-archive/winners-1996-2012/2004-shortlist/ 2004 Shortlist | International Dublin Literary Award
  3. http://willesdenherald.blogspot.co.uk/2004/07/whats-on-tell-tales-with-courttia.html "What's On"
  4. Kasia Boddy, "Rich people and foxes desert the city" - review of The Flood, The Telegraph, 24 February 2004. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  5. Rear jacket, First edition.
  6. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/may/25/fiction.orangeprizeforfiction2002 "Too close to home
  7. Hephzibah Anderson, "A bit of a grey area – Maggie Gee's black and white examination of race in modern Britain, The White Family, seems curiously dated", The Observer, Sunday, 5 May 2002. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  8. http://www.reviewsofbooks.com/the_flood/ Book Reviews - The Flood by Maggie Gee