How much do we keep from the people we love? Why is the truth so often buried in secrets? Can we learn from the past or must we forget it?Standing one evening at the window of her house by the sea, Anne Quirk sees a rabbit disappearing in the snow. Nobody remembers her now, but this elderly woman was in her youth a pioneer of British documentary photography. Her beloved grandson, Luke, now a captain with the Royal Western Fusiliers, is on a tour of duty in Afghanistan, part of a convoy taking equipment to the electricity plant at Kajaki. Only when Luke returns home to Scotland does Anne's secret story begin to emerge, along with his, and they set out for an old guest house in Blackpool where she once kept a room.
- ISBN:
- 9780571273652
- 9780571273652
- Category:
- Fiction
- Publication Date:
- 01-02-2015
- Publisher:
- Faber
- Edition:
- 1st Edition
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions (mm):
- 234x153x22mm
- Weight:
- 0.4kg
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Andrew has written a quiet and evocative story of Anne (who is now a grandmother with a past long buried but that comes through in her translucent moments as she battles with dementia) and in a separate story line her grandson Luke who is on a tour of duty in Afghanistan. When Luke comes home to Scotland and takes the time to really understand his grandmother's life we see that not all is what it seemed. This novel will appeal to those that liked Yellow Birds or Narrow Road to the Deep North.
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