Absolutely and Forever opens in the late 1950s, when the life of this kind of middle-class girl was clearly mapped out. She was to enjoy decorous “hops” enlivened by cider cup and the voice of ...

Novelist Rose Tremain tells an exquisite tale of passion and sorrow in Absolutely & Forever. Fiction Rose Tremain has crafted an exquisite novel. Photo: David Kirkham. John Boyne.

By Philippa Tracy In this short novel about first love, growing up and relationships, Rose Tremain’s 17th, she brilliantly recreates an England of the 1950s and 1960s. It is an England that she ...

Chatto & Windus has signed Absolutely & Forever, a “bold, witty and heart-wrenching short novel” by multiple award-winning author Rose Tremain. Clara Farmer, publishing director at Chatto ...