Terrible Kindness (eBook)
320 Seiten
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-36832-7 (ISBN)
Jo Browning Wroe grew up in a crematorium in Birmingham. She has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia and teaches at the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education on their Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching Creative Writing Her debut novel, A Terrible Kindness, was a Sunday Times bestseller shortlisted for the Bridport Peggy Chapman-Andrews award, and longlisted for the Prix du Roman Fnac. She has two adult daughters and lives with her husband in Cambridge.
*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'Extraordinary.' SOPHIE HANNAH'A brave and tender novel.' JOANNA GLENWhat readers are saying:'One stunning read to remember.''Beautifully written . . . I would recommend this book to all.''Utterly heartbreaking and uplifting . . . I loved it.''Tremendous.'
Jo Browning Wroe's elegant prose holds us that we might bear witness to that which would otherwise crush the human spirit. I adored it.
A beautifully written story... moving, uplifting.
I was drawn into William's world right from the first page, just as I was drawn into the honest beauty of Jo Browning Wroe's writing. It's a long time since I've read a debut novel that moved me so much.
This is a brave and tender novel, which truthfully exposes life's shadows whilst dwelling in the beauty of its light. A truly lovely book.
Jo Browning Wroe's delicate, elegant debut will break your heart into pieces and then gently put it back together as hope, compassion and the power of community carefully repair the hurt... moving.
An incredibly moving and powerful book. Full of love, compassion, and brimming with humanity. A truly gorgeous piece of storytelling that will stay with me for a long time. Absolutely stunning
A debut novel of quite exceptional promise.
I think it's really extraordinary. Brilliant writing, completely fresh and unique, moving, elegant, memorable. I loved it!
Genuinely one of the greatest books I have ever read.
Almost from the first pages of this moving read, I was felled by the big emotions it brought on.
I loved this novel. It is quiet and explosive at the same time, building to a crescendo of pain and beauty that took my breath away. Brava!
Moving... We were consumed by this story of healing and hope.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 18.1.2022 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Historische Romane |
Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
Schlagworte | BBC2 Book Club • Between the Covers • Bonnie Garmus • Book of 2022 • Costa Book of the Year winner The Mermaid of Black Conch Monique Roffey • David Nicholls • David Nicholls Maggie O'Farrell Joanna Cannon Sophie Hannah Rachel Joyce Richard Osman Ingrid Persaud Joanna Glen Fiona Scarlett Lucy Caldwell Victoria Hislop • David Nicholls Maggie O'Farrell Joanna Cannon Sophie Hannah Rachel Joyce Richard Osman Ingrid Persaud Victoria Hislop • David Nicholls Maggie O'Farrell Joanna Cannon Sophie Hannah Richard Osman Ingrid Persaud Fiona Scarlett • Elizabeth Day • Girl A • Jo Cannon • Klara and the Sun Victoria Hislop Another Life • Lessons in Chemistry • maggie o'farrell • Nita Prose • Novel of 2022 • Observer New Debuts • Rachel Again Grown Ups How To Kill Your Family And Now You're Back Rachel is back One August Night • Richard Osman • Sara Collins Bridget Collins Madeline Miller Stacey Halls Rachel Joyce Marian Keyes ML Stedman The Light Between Oceans The Distance Between Us The Vanishing Half The Missing Sister • Simon Mayo • Sorrow and Bliss Seven Sisters The Waiter Where the Crawdads Sing Another Life Rachel Again How to Kill Your Family And Now You're Back One Night in August Rachel is Back Marian Keyes • Sorrow and Bliss The Waiter Seven Sisters • Steve Wright • The Binding • The Binding The Foundling Hamnet The Midnight Library Small Pleasures Shuggie Bain The Beekeeper of Aleppo The Dressmaker's Gift This Must Be the Place They Both Die at the End • The Binding The Foundling The Midnight Library Small Pleasures Shuggie Bain The Beekeeper of Aleppo The Dressmaker's Gift • The Girl With the Louding Voice The Song of Achilles Where the Crawdads Sing • the Maid • The Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist 2021 The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett Piranesi Susanna Clarke Unsettled Ground Claire Fuller Yaa Gyasi Transcendent Kingdom Cherie Jones Partricia Lockwood • Wahala Nikki May To Paradise Hanya Yanagihara Pandora Susan Stokes-Chapman The Maid Nita Prose The House of Fortune Jessie Burton |
ISBN-10 | 0-571-36832-8 / 0571368328 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-571-36832-7 / 9780571368327 |
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