It's a beautiful story about learning to let go of the past and embrace life for what it is, and realising that who you are is not contained in old toys, a house, or a garden, but in your ability to forgive, accept, and see things through another's eyes. Throughout the story, each of Lillith's children must learn to sever their ties with Cold Domain, and establish an identity outside of their idyllic childhood playground. Gilly's stubbornness, Barbara's sensitivity and unsuccessful quests for love, and William's homosexuality all fuel Lillith's ruthless attacks on her beloved garden, until the land is no longer recognisable as the beloved Eden of their childhood days. In the once beautiful old garden of Cold Domain, the steely matriarch Mrs Lilith Collett runs her own deforestation project. With each visit, William notices the once beautiful Cold Domain becoming ever more sparse, barren, and grim. She was married to the philosopher Kit Fine until they were divorced she has now been with her partner Dick Warren for more than twenty years.
She attended Northampton High School and earned a degree in politics from the University of Warwick. It's a domestic comedy that centres around Lilith Collett and her grown up children who are nothing but disappointments to her if William, Barbara or Gilly thwart their mother in any way, she takes out her anger on the beautiful garden they spent their childhood in. Fine was born and raised in Leicester and educated in neighbouring midland counties of England. In Cold Domain by Anne Fine, June 30, 1994, Viking edition, Hardcover. brimming with witty illustrations, Anne Fine reunites her readers with an unforgettable. In Cold Domain was the first adult novel by Anne Fine that I'd read and until I started reading it I wasn't even aware that she'd written anything but children's books! But I absolutely loved this. The Return of the Killer Cat / Anne Fine.
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