Seesaw (novel)

Seesaw  

1st edition
Author(s) Deborah Moggach
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher Heinemann
Publication date 11 Mar 1996
Media type Print & Audio
Pages 320
ISBN 0-434-00312-3

Seesaw, is a 1996 novel by English author Deborah Moggach, first published in 1996 by Heinemann and recommended in OUP's Good Fiction Guide.[1]

Contents

Plot introduction

Hannah, the seventeen-year-old daughter of Morris and Val Price is kidnapped and a ransom of half a million pounds is demanded. The novel focuses on both the Price family and the kidnappers in the time leading up to the abduction; the relationships between Jon and Eva the two kidnappers, and Hannah; and what happens to all those concerned following her release.

Reception

Television adaptation

Deborah Moggach also wrote the script for a three-part television adaptation of the novel, first broadcast in March 1998[4] on ITV.[5]

Cast

References

  1. ^ page 353 of Good Fiction Guide ed. Jane Rogers, 2nd edition published 2005 by OUP
  2. ^ 1997 Mandarin p/b edition front cover
  3. ^ 1997 Mandarin p/b edition back cover
  4. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145633/ IMDb
  5. ^ http://film.performance-insurance.tv/CliveParsons.aspx

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