Tigers in Red Weather

Liza Klaussmann

Tigers in Red Weather

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What's It All About?

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Nick and her cousin Helena have grown up together, sharing long hot summers at Tiger House. With husbands and children of their own, they keep returning. But against a background of parties, cocktails, moonlight and jazz, how long can perfection last?

There is always the summer that changes everything.

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  • /devpanmacmillan/media/panmacmillan/Super%20concept%20and%20contributor%20content/Picador/Tigers%20in%20Red%20Weather/4_thumbnail.JPG /devpanmacmillan/media/panmacmillan/Super%20concept%20and%20contributor%20content/Picador/Tigers%20in%20Red%20Weather/4.JPG?width=1200&height=1200&ext=.jpg Gin in first The beautiful decanters, her grandmother’s crystal, each with a silver plaque that had the name of the alcohol engraved in swirling script. Her father had taught her to put the gin in first, then the ice. Put the gin in first, then the ice
  • /devpanmacmillan/media/panmacmillan/Super%20concept%20and%20contributor%20content/Picador/Tigers%20in%20Red%20Weather/5_thumbnail.JPG /devpanmacmillan/media/panmacmillan/Super%20concept%20and%20contributor%20content/Picador/Tigers%20in%20Red%20Weather/5.JPG?width=640&height=640&ext=.jpg Tennis Daisy unscrewed the wooden press from her racket and laced her fingers between the strings, pulling on the gut. E. Y. C. Tennis
  • /devpanmacmillan/media/panmacmillan/Super%20concept%20and%20contributor%20content/Picador/Tigers%20in%20Red%20Weather/6_thumbnail.JPG /devpanmacmillan/media/panmacmillan/Super%20concept%20and%20contributor%20content/Picador/Tigers%20in%20Red%20Weather/6.JPG?width=640&height=640&ext=.jpg The ground was damp and I could see the moon. The first thing I thought was: Daisy. Moonlight
  • /devpanmacmillan/media/panmacmillan/Super%20concept%20and%20contributor%20content/Picador/Tigers%20in%20Red%20Weather/7_thumbnail.JPG /devpanmacmillan/media/panmacmillan/Super%20concept%20and%20contributor%20content/Picador/Tigers%20in%20Red%20Weather/7.JPG?width=640&height=640&ext=.jpg Floating on the breeze Hughes could feel the bridge of his nose crisping and he found himself squinting behind his sunglasses, already sticky with salt. Floating on the breeze
  • /devpanmacmillan/media/panmacmillan/Super%20concept%20and%20contributor%20content/Picador/Tigers%20in%20Red%20Weather/8_thumbnail.JPG /devpanmacmillan/media/panmacmillan/Super%20concept%20and%20contributor%20content/Picador/Tigers%20in%20Red%20Weather/8.JPG?width=1200&height=1200&ext=.jpg Daisy's wallpaper Daisy huffed into her beloved bedroom, with the twin brass beds and the pink rosette wallpaper she had been allowed to pick out herself. Daisy's wallpaper
  • /devpanmacmillan/media/panmacmillan/Super%20concept%20and%20contributor%20content/Picador/Tigers%20in%20Red%20Weather/9_thumbnail.JPG /devpanmacmillan/media/panmacmillan/Super%20concept%20and%20contributor%20content/Picador/Tigers%20in%20Red%20Weather/9.JPG?width=640&height=640&ext=.jpg It was hushed back there It was hushed back there at that time of day, deserted by the well-heeled on their way to the Yacht Club for cocktails, or evening sailors on their way to Cape Pogue with their picnics. It was hushed back there
  • /devpanmacmillan/media/panmacmillan/Super%20concept%20and%20contributor%20content/Picador/Tigers%20in%20Red%20Weather/10_thumbnail.JPG /devpanmacmillan/media/panmacmillan/Super%20concept%20and%20contributor%20content/Picador/Tigers%20in%20Red%20Weather/10.JPG?width=640&height=640&ext=.jpg Blue flowers Her mother said that the blue was rare and came from the way her grandmother had mulched them with coffee grounds. Rare blue flowers
  • /devpanmacmillan/media/panmacmillan/Super%20concept%20and%20contributor%20content/Picador/Tigers%20in%20Red%20Weather/11_thumbnail.JPG /devpanmacmillan/media/panmacmillan/Super%20concept%20and%20contributor%20content/Picador/Tigers%20in%20Red%20Weather/11.JPG?width=1200&height=1200&ext=.jpg The dark water He thought of Nick, at home, perhaps getting ready for bed, the small sigh that escaped her lips when she sat at her dressing table at the end of an evening. He looked back out at the dark water and pushed the idea out of his head. The dark water
  • /devpanmacmillan/media/panmacmillan/Super%20concept%20and%20contributor%20content/Picador/Tigers%20in%20Red%20Weather/12_thumbnail.JPG /devpanmacmillan/media/panmacmillan/Super%20concept%20and%20contributor%20content/Picador/Tigers%20in%20Red%20Weather/12.JPG?width=640&height=640&ext=.jpg A good kind of day It was the kind of day that you didn’t need to remember from a distance to know it was a good one. A good kind of day

Martha's Vineyard: the inspiration for Tigers

Liza Klaussmann on how the feel of the sun on her skin and the smell of the trees inspired her.

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Imprint: Picador
ISBN: 9781447212072
Number of pages: 416
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 09/05/2013

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