Betty Trask Award Best First Novel (nominee)
Whitbread Prize Best First Novel (nominee)
Identical twins, Georgia and Bessi, live in the loft of 26 Waifer Avenue. It is a place of beanbags, nectarines and secrets, and visitors must always knock before entering. Down below there is not such harmony. Their Nigerian mother puts cayenne pepper on her Yorkshire pudding and has mysterious ways of dealing with homesickness; their father angrily roams the streets of Neasden, prey to the demons of his Derbyshire upbringing. Forced to create their own identities, the Hunter children build a separate universe. Older sister Bel discovers sex, high heels and organic hairdressing, the twins prepare for a flapjack empire, while baby sister Kemy learns to moonwalk for Michael Jackson. It is when the reality comes knocking that the fantasies of childhood start to give way. How will Georgia and Bessi cope in a world of separateness and solitude, and which of them will be stronger? Wickedly funny and devastatingly moving, 26a is an extraordinary first novel. Part fairytale, part nightmare, it moves from the mundane to the magical, the particular to the universal with exceptional flair and imagination. It is for anyone who has had a childhood, and anyone who knows what it is to lose one.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Genre: Literary Fiction
Similar books by other authors
Used availability for Diana Evans's 26a
Hardback Editions
May 2008 : USA Library Binding
September 2005 : USA Hardback
August 2005 : USA Hardback
March 2005 : UK Hardback
Paperback Editions
August 2006 : USA Paperback
June 2006 : USA Paperback
March 2006 : UK Paperback
March 2006 : Paperback
March 2005 : UK Paperback
Audio Editions
September 2016 : USA MP3 CD
October 2006 : Australia Audio edition
October 2006 : Canada Audio edition
October 2006 : UK Audio edition
March 2006 : USA Audio Cassette

Title: 26A
Author(s): Diana Evans
ISBN: 0-7927-3924-8 / 978-0-7927-3924-1 (USA edition)
Publisher: Sound Library
Availability: Amazon
March 2006 : USA Audio CD
Kindle Editions
December 2009 : Canada Kindle edition
October 2009 : USA Kindle edition
September 2009 : Australia, Canada, UK Kindle edition