Standalone novel · 2014
How to Be Both
A novel in two halves that can be read in either order. In one, George, a teenage girl in Cambridge, grieves for her mother; in the other, the fifteenth-century Italian painter Francesco del Cossa looks back on a life in Ferrara.
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Book facts
- Author
- Ali Smith
- Series
- Standalone
- Published
- 2014
- Setting
- Set in Cambridge
- Characters charted
- 2
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in How to Be Both
2 recurring or key characters from Ali Smith’s chart. Introduces George and Francesco del Cossa.
Lead 2
- GeorgeFirst appearanceGrieving teenager
- Francesco del CossaFirst appearanceRenaissance painter