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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Thirty years after the end the Second World War, veteran Jim Carroway has retreated to his beach house on Fox Island, off the coast of Maine. With only the birdsong and his battered copy of Treasure Island for company, Jim's sole visitors are those who bring his weekly supplies of whisky, cigarettes and writing paper. Jim hides away from his former life as a renowned ornithologist, but also deep, darker truths: the death of his wife, and the bloody days he spent fighting the war in the Pacific. But the past looms ever larger - the beauty and tumult of the tiny Solomon Island of Layla, and the unlikely friendship he formed there with a young man named Tosca; and the days they spent skinning birds, and hunting and murdering Japanese soldiers. Summer comes to Maine, and Jim receives a visitor from Layla with the unlikely name of Cadillac. She is Tosca's daughter, and her presence is unwelcome as the tide of recollections that trail in her wake. Slowly, and despite his efforts to resist, Jim discovers that this young woman is a balm; that there is pleasure as well as sorrow in friendship, and in the memories of a life punctuated by adventure, love and war. From the award-winning author of White Ghost Girls comes an evocative tale of memory, loss - and the redemptive power of friendship. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781848873674
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Book Description Condition: New. From the award-winning author of White Ghost Girls comes an evocative tale of memory, loss - and the redemptive power of friendship. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 444. . 2014. Main. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9781848873674
Book Description Condition: New. From the award-winning author of White Ghost Girls comes an evocative tale of memory, loss - and the redemptive power of friendship. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 444. . 2014. Main. Paperback. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9781848873674
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Thirty years after the end the Second World War, veteran Jim Carroway has retreated to his beach house on Fox Island, off the coast of Maine. With only the birdsong and his battered copy of Treasure Island for company, Jim's sole visitors are those who bring his weekly supplies of whisky, cigarettes and writing paper. Jim hides away from his former life as a renowned ornithologist, but also deep, darker truths: the death of his wife, and the bloody days he spent fighting the war in the Pacific. But the past looms ever larger - the beauty and tumult of the tiny Solomon Island of Layla, and the unlikely friendship he formed there with a young man named Tosca; and the days they spent skinning birds, and hunting and murdering Japanese soldiers. Summer comes to Maine, and Jim receives a visitor from Layla with the unlikely name of Cadillac. She is Tosca's daughter, and her presence is unwelcome as the tide of recollections that trail in her wake. Slowly, and despite his efforts to resist, Jim discovers that this young woman is a balm; that there is pleasure as well as sorrow in friendship, and in the memories of a life punctuated by adventure, love and war. From the award-winning author of White Ghost Girls comes an evocative tale of memory, loss - and the redemptive power of friendship. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781848873674
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Thirty years after the end the Second World War, veteran Jim Carroway has retreated to his beach house on Fox Island, off the coast of Maine. With only the birdsong and his battered copy of Treasure Island for company, Jim's sole visitors are those who bring his weekly supplies of whisky, cigarettes and writing paper. Jim hides away from his former life as a renowned ornithologist, but also deep, darker truths: the death of his wife, and the bloody days he spent fighting the war in the Pacific. But the past looms ever larger - the beauty and tumult of the tiny Solomon Island of Layla, and the unlikely friendship he formed there with a young man named Tosca; and the days they spent skinning birds, and hunting and murdering Japanese soldiers. Summer comes to Maine, and Jim receives a visitor from Layla with the unlikely name of Cadillac. She is Tosca's daughter, and her presence is unwelcome as the tide of recollections that trail in her wake. Slowly, and despite his efforts to resist, Jim discovers that this young woman is a balm; that there is pleasure as well as sorrow in friendship, and in the memories of a life punctuated by adventure, love and war. From the award-winning author of White Ghost Girls comes an evocative tale of memory, loss - and the redemptive power of friendship. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781848873674