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The Widow and her Hero
Engelsk Paperback
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''Exceptionally good...a master storyteller'' Allan Massie, Scotsman

''Both an absorbing wartime thriller and a thoroughly convincing study of grief'' Sunday Times

In 1943, when Grace and Leo Waterhouse married in Australia, they were part of a young generation ready to sacrifice themselves to win the war, while being confident they would survive.

Sixty years on, as Grace recounts what happened to her doomed hero, she can say what she suspected then: that for many men, bravery is its own end. The tale she tells is one of great love, lost innocence, a charismatic but unstable Irish commander, dashing undercover missions against the Japanese in Singapore, and - in her eyes - reckless, foolhardy exploits. As fresh details continue to emerge, Grace is forced to keep revising her picture of what happened to Leo and his fellow commandoes - until she learns about the final piece in the jigsaw, and an ultimate betrayal.

As absorbing as it is thought-provoking, this timely novel poses unsettling questions about what drives men to battle and heroic deeds, and movingly conveys the life-long effect on those who survive them.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
272
ISBN-13:
9780340825280
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0340825286
Udg. Dato:
24 jan 2008
Længde:
17mm
Bredde:
133mm
Højde:
196mm
Forlag:
Hodder & Stoughton
Oplagsdato:
24 jan 2008
Forfatter(e):
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