A Whistling Woman (Vintage International) - Softcover

"Rich, acerbic, wise. . . . [Byatt] tackles nothing less than what it means to be human." -Vogue

"With consummate skill and inventiveness, [Byatt] creates a large cast of characters who shine with intelligence and individuality." -Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Byatt's detailed descriptions often take on the resonance of poetry." -The Philadelphia Inquirer

"A bold, brainy eulogy to the late '60s.... Byatt's clashes between the intimate and the intellectual make for a raucous, lively work." -Entertainment Weekly

Amid the effervescence and turbulence of the 1960s, Frederica Potter finds a career in television in London, while events in Yorkshire threaten to turn her life and the lives of the people she loves upside down, in the triumphant conclusion of a quartet of novels that includes The Virgin in the Garden, Still Life, and Babel Tower. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.