WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZEFrom 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
