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THE RAILWAYMAN'S WIFE
By: Ashley Hay
Atria
April 2016
On Sale: April 5, 2016
Featuring: Anikka Lachlan; Roy McKinnon; Frank Draper
272 pages
ISBN: 1501112171
EAN: 9781501112171
Kindle: B010MH1K3G
Hardcover / e-Book
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Historical
Amidst the strange, silent aftermath of World War II, a widow, a poet, and a doctor search for lasting peace and fresh beginnings in this internationally acclaimed, award-winning novel. When Anikka Lachlanβs husband, Mac, is killed in a railway accident, she is offeredβand acceptsβa job at the Railway Instituteβs library and searches there for some solace in her unexpectedly new life. But in Thirroul, in 1948, sheβs not the only person trying to chase dreams through books. Thereβs Roy McKinnon, who found poetry in the mess of war, but who has now lost his words and his hope. Thereβs Frank Draper, trapped by the guilt of those his medical treatment and care failed on their first day of freedom. All three struggle to find their own peace, and their own new story. But along with the firming of this triangle of friendship and a sense of lives inching towards renewal come other extremitiesβand misunderstandings. In the end, love and freedom can have unexpected ways of expressing themselves.
The Railwaymanβs Wife explores the power of beginnings and endings, and how hard it can sometimes be to tell them apart. 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.
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