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The Railwayman's Wife

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Three people, struggling to come to terms with great loss after the end of the war, search for peace in a small town's library in a heartbreaking novel of love and loss and the healing power of memory and words.

In a small town on the land's edge, in the strange space at a war's end, a widow, a poet and a doctor each try to find their own peace, and their own new story.

In Thirroul, in 1948, people chase their dreams through the books in the railway's library. Anikka Lachlan searches for solace after her life is destroyed by a single random act. Roy McKinnon, who found poetry in the mess of war, has lost his words and his hope. Frank Draper is trapped by the guilt of those his treatment and care failed on their first day of freedom. All three struggle with the same question: how now to be alive.

Written in clear, shining prose and with an eloquent understanding of the human heart, The Railwayman's Wife explores the power of beginnings and endings, and how hard it can be sometimes to tell them apart. It's a story of life, loss and what comes after; of connection and separation, longing and acceptance. Most of all, it celebrates love in all its forms, and the beauty of discovering that loving someone can be as extraordinary as being loved yourself.

A story that will break your heart with hope.


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Publisher: Allen & Unwin

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781743432815
  • Release date: March 28, 2013

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781743432815
  • File size: 750 KB
  • Release date: March 28, 2013

PDF ebook

  • ISBN: 9781743432815
  • File size: 1825 KB
  • Release date: March 28, 2013

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OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
PDF ebook

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Fiction Literature

Languages

English

Three people, struggling to come to terms with great loss after the end of the war, search for peace in a small town's library in a heartbreaking novel of love and loss and the healing power of memory and words.

In a small town on the land's edge, in the strange space at a war's end, a widow, a poet and a doctor each try to find their own peace, and their own new story.

In Thirroul, in 1948, people chase their dreams through the books in the railway's library. Anikka Lachlan searches for solace after her life is destroyed by a single random act. Roy McKinnon, who found poetry in the mess of war, has lost his words and his hope. Frank Draper is trapped by the guilt of those his treatment and care failed on their first day of freedom. All three struggle with the same question: how now to be alive.

Written in clear, shining prose and with an eloquent understanding of the human heart, The Railwayman's Wife explores the power of beginnings and endings, and how hard it can be sometimes to tell them apart. It's a story of life, loss and what comes after; of connection and separation, longing and acceptance. Most of all, it celebrates love in all its forms, and the beauty of discovering that loving someone can be as extraordinary as being loved yourself.

A story that will break your heart with hope.


Expand title description text
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Allen & Unwin

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781743432815
    Release date: March 28, 2013

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781743432815
    File size: 750 KB
    Release date: March 28, 2013

    PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9781743432815
    File size: 1825 KB
    Release date: March 28, 2013

  • Creators
  • Formats
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    PDF ebook
  • Languages
    English