Jane Gardam

3 summariesLiterary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Relationships

Jane Mary Gardam is an English writer of children's and adult fiction. She also writes reviews for The Spectator and The Telegraph, and writes for BBC radio. She lives in Kent, Wimbledon, and Yorkshire. She has won numerous literary awards, including the Whitbread Award twice. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.

Books by Jane Gardam

3 books available

Old Filth
Jane Gardam
3.9 (14k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
An eighty-year-old retired judge, haunted by a brutal childhood in the fading British Empire, confronts the indelible stains of his past in a lyrical journey through memory and regret.
The Man in the Wooden Hat
Jane Gardam
4.0 (6k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
Through the eyes of his free-spirited wife, Elisabeth, 'The Man in the Wooden Hat' reveals the hidden depths and sad complexities of the reserved lawyer Filth's life, showing a marriage shaped by wit, resilience, and unspoken currents beneath a proper facade.
Faith Fox
Jane Gardam
3.6 (907) average on GoodreadsFiction
After his wife's sudden death, a bewildered man must navigate his estranged Northern family when his newborn daughter, Faith, is abandoned by her grandmother.