On beauty av Zadie Smith

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<p><b>WINNER OF THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION<br>SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE<br><br>From the acclaimed author of <i>Swing Time, White Teeth </i>and <i>Grand Union</i>, discover a brilliantly funny and deeply moving story about love and family<br></b><br>Why do we fall in love with the people we do? Why do we visit our mistakes on our children? What makes life truly beautiful?<br><br>Set between New England and London, <i>On Beauty</i> concerns a pair of feuding families - the Belseys and the Kipps - and a clutch of doomed affairs. It puts low morals among high ideals and asks some searching questions about what life does to love. For the Belseys and the Kipps, the confusions - both personal and political - of our uncertain age are about to be brought close to home: right to the heart of family.<br><b><br>''Ambitious, hugely impressive, beautifully observed'' <i>Guardian </i></b></p>