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Dead Man´s Embers
Mari Strachan
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Description for Dead Man´s Embers
Paperback. With her husband broken by war, does one young woman have the strength to bring him back to life? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220. 320 pages. With her husband broken by war, does one young woman have the strength to bring him back to life?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 130 x 197 x 21. Weight: 220.
In the aftermath of the Great War, Non Davies wakes one morning to find her husband crouching underneath the kitchen table in a cold sweat, shouldering an imaginary rifle. What has changed her Davey so completely? A clue arrives inside a mysterious letter, which takes her to London in search of the answer. When she returns home, Non finds that the dark secrets of Davey's past are working their way ever closer to the surface. She has to summon all her courage and compassion to restore her beloved husband and guard the fragile happiness of her war-weary village.
In the aftermath of the Great War, Non Davies wakes one morning to find her husband crouching underneath the kitchen table in a cold sweat, shouldering an imaginary rifle. What has changed her Davey so completely? A clue arrives inside a mysterious letter, which takes her to London in search of the answer. When she returns home, Non finds that the dark secrets of Davey's past are working their way ever closer to the surface. She has to summon all her courage and compassion to restore her beloved husband and guard the fragile happiness of her war-weary village.
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847675323
SKU
V9781847675323
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About Mari Strachan
Mari Strachan and her husband live on a tiny smallholding in the hills of Ceredigion, West Wales. Blow on a Dead Man's Embers is her second novel, following the acclaimed The Earth Hums in B Flat. www.maristrachan.info
Reviews for Dead Man´s Embers
With discernment and tenderness, Mari Strachan traces the Davies family's slow journey towards recovery over the course of a long, hot summer...[The novel's] fire takes hold and burns deep
Literary Review
Casts light into the aftermath of the Great War...the gulf between the central characters is the space in which Mari Strachan creates the ... Read more
Literary Review
Casts light into the aftermath of the Great War...the gulf between the central characters is the space in which Mari Strachan creates the ... Read more