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The Possible World

The Possible World

by Liese O' Halloran Schwarz (Author)

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    Paperback 2018

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Synopsis

'Every now and then I come across a book I wish I'd written. The Possible World is one of those... A gorgeously wrought exploration of who gets to tell the story of our lives, and who gets to inhabit that story with us' Jodi Picoult Ben is the sole survivor of a crime that claims his mother and countless others. He is just six years old, and already he must find a new place for himself in the world. Lucy, the doctor who tends to Ben, is grappling with a personal upheaval of her own. She feels a profound connection to the little boy who has lived through the unthinkable. Will recovering his memory heal him, or damage him further? Clare has long believed that the lifetime of secrets she's been keeping don't matter to anyone anymore, until an unexpected encounter prompts her to tell her story. As they each struggle to confront the events - past and present - that have defined their lives, something stronger than fate is working to bring them together...

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 368
 Publisher: Hutchinson
Published: 12 Jul 2018
ISBN 10: 1786331195
ISBN 13: 9781786331199
Book Overview: A captivating, high-concept novel about the power of maternal love and the ties that bind us together, for anyone who loved THE TIME TRAVELLER'S WIFE and THE LOVELY BONES.

Media Reviews
The Possible World doesn't shrink from grimness and is as grippy as any crime novel yet is ultimately joyful and optimistic. -- Anne Marie Scanlon * The Irish Independent *
In hauntingly beautiful prose, Schwarz weaves a complicated story that spans nearly a century, from the Great Depression until the present day... Full of imagination and nostalgia, loss and redemption. * Kirkus Review *
This beautiful story of loss and memory by Liese O'Halloran Schwarz is a joy. * Good Housekeeping *
The Possible World is a luminous read, full of paradoxes. It's a riveting page-turner, yet exquisitely written. It's as smart as a whip but also deeply wise, unflinchingly truthful yet compassionate, epic and yet intimate. How the three stories are woven into a satisfying whole is short of miraculous. It's rare that a book brings me so much joy that I cry in rapture. But The Possible World did that and more. I found it utterly transformative. * Tor Udall, author of 'A Thousand Paper Birds' *
Oh how I have LOVED this. Definitely a book I've read with my heart. A beautiful entwining story of three extraordinary characters. * Nina Pottell, journalist *
Author Bio
Liese O'Halloran Schwarz published her first novel, Near Canaan, while she was studying at medical school. Her second novel, The Possible World, was published nearly thirty years later. She currently lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.