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'Tearne at her lyrical best. A heartfelt and timely lament for the Sri Lankan tragedy' Chris Cleave, author of ‘The Other Hand’
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- EditoreWilliam Collins
- Data di pubblicazione2010
- ISBN 10 0007301588
- ISBN 13 9780007301584
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine400
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Good. 272 pages. Cover wornForty-three year old Ria is used to bein g alone. As a child, her life changed forever with the death of h er beloved father and since then, she has struggled to find love. That is, until she discovers the swimmer. Ben is a young illegal immigrant from Sri Lanka who has arrived in Norfolk via Moscow. A waiting a decision from the Home Office on his asylum application , he is discovered by Ria as he takes a daily swim in the river c lose to her house. He is twenty years her junior and theirs is an unconventional but deeply moving romance, defying both boundarie s and cultures - and the xenophobic residents of Orford. That is, until tragedy occurs. Codice articolo 1423v
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