A Terrible Kindness [electronic resource] : The Bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club Pick
Jo Browning Wroe2022
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*A BOOK OF THE MONTH RADIO 2 STEVE WRIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON PICK* *AN OBSERVER
DEBUT OF 2022* *AS FEATURED ON FRONT ROW* When we go through something
impossible, someone, or something, will help us, if we let them . . . It is
October 1966 and William Lavery is having the night of his life at his first
black-tie do. But, as the evening unfolds, news hits of a landslide at a coal
mine. It has buried a school: Aberfan. William decides he must act, so he stands
and volunteers to attend. It will be his first job as an embalmer, and it will
be one he never forgets. His work that night will force him to think about the
little boy he was, and the losses he has worked so hard to forget. But
compassion can have surprising consequences, because - as William discovers -
giving so much to others can sometimes help us heal ourselves. 'I LOVE IT!
Utterly and completely brilliant.' JOANNA CANNON 'It's a long time since I've
read a debut novel that moved me so much.' RACHEL JOYCE 'Extraordin...
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Author:
Jo Browning Wroe, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Faber & Faber, 2022
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1 online resource (1 text file) (463552.0)
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780571368327
Language:
English
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BRN:
438333
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