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The Northern Clemency
Philip Hensher
Knopf, Nov 2008, $26.95
ISBN: 9781400044481

In 1974, the Sellars brood leaves hip London for suburban ennui in Sheffield in the inappropriately named South Yorkshire as they trek to the north. The two Sellars sisters, reticent Francis and extroverted Sandra are concerned that life in the burbs will prove boring as the former loves music and the latter loves swinging London.

Their neighbors, the Glover family consists of two parents and three kids. Patriarch ...

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When approaching The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher, the heaviness of the book, mirror's the heaviness and the weight of the subject matter. The book is set in Sheffield, following two neighbouring families,' the- Glovers and the Sellers, through the personally emotional and landscaping physical journey of two decades where England changed from the mid 1970's to the 1990's, with industry declining and the service sector booming. The book focuses on the North, with the events of the miners' ...