Whittled down from an impressive longlist, six brilliant female authors are in the running for the Womens Prize for Fiction 2013: A.M. Homes, Kate Atkinson and Maria Semple have made the cut along with previous winners of the prize Zadie Smith and Barabara Kingsolver.
Two-time Booker Prize winning author Hilary Mantel is also in the running for the UKs only annual book award for female fiction, worth £30,000.
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Mantel is on a winning streak. Bring up the Bodies is the sequel to Wolf Hall her visceral, epic tale of Tudor England.
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Flight Behaviour tells the story of a restless farmwife whose encounter with what she considers to be a cautionary miracle leads her to challenge everything she’s ever believed in.
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Atkinson’s novel Life After Life begins during a snowstorm in 1910. A baby is born and dies before she has had a chance at life. But what if the end is not final? Given another chance, would you want to take it?
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Homes’ dark comedy about a modern American family begins when a successful, high-flying man loses control. The dramatic event catapults his family members into entirely new lives. Can they atone for their sins?
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A very modern tale of the city. Four Londoners strive to build lives beyond the council estate of their childhood in Smith’s tragi-comedy. Proximity doesn't necessarily breed intimacy. How well do you know those who live next to you?
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The disappearance of eccentric Bernadette Fox is the catalyst for Semple’s delightful narrative. Bernadette’s 15-year-old daughter Bee embarks on an exhaustive search to track her down.