WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE From the
acclaimed author of Swing Time White Teeth and Grand Union discover a brilliantly funny and
deeply moving story about love and family 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? Set between New
England and London On Beauty 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. 'Ambitious hugely impressive beautifully observed' Guardian
