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By the Tide of Humber

By the Tide of Humber

by Daphne Glazer (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

    $3.29
Synopsis

New Year's Eve. Lyn, a lifeguard at Beverley Road Baths, is fending off the monotony of another 'Early Birds' shift. But soon a chance encounter with prison officer Eddie will spark an intense affair. The fate of her former lover, one of Eddie's charges, and the presence of his wife and daughter, hang over the couple - forcing Lyn to question her life's direction. As their passion grows, it brings to the surface Lyn's long-hidden feelings about her mother's death by drowning and - given her father's silence - focus her on an audacious physical challenge. From the abandoned lighthouse and windswept dunes of Spurn Point, Lyn pits herself against the Humber's fierce tides. This absorbing modern love story has at its heart a young woman's fortitude as she faces life's toughest truths.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 336
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Tindal Street
Published: 27 Sep 2007
ISBN 10: 0955138450
ISBN 13: 9780955138454

Media Reviews
This is a fine book. Daphne Glazer is such a good writer, with a wonderful sense of character and place * David Almond *
This is an engrossing novel illuminated by lyrical descriptions of light and water, seascapes and the power of the mighty Humber * Shena Mackay *
With unfailing sympathy, Daphne Glazer records the foibles and vulnerabilities of her characters and creates a totally believable world * Carol Birch *
You find yourself rooting for Glazer's heroine in her bid to challenge herself physically and psychologically. An uplifting novel with a vivid sense of place * Kitty Fitzgerald *
I could feel for our heroine, Lyn, the moment she first set foot in open water, the total immersion in the aquatic environment with all its challenges * Julie Bradshaw MBE *
Author Bio
DAPHNE GLAZER is the author of three other novels and her stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The author is well known in Yorkshire for the affectionate, quirky realism of her fiction. Born in Sheffield, she now lives in Hull where she works as a Quaker Visiting Minister in Hull Prison and as a creative writing tutor. Tindal Street published her 'bold and compassionate' novel Goodbye, Hessle Road in 2005.