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A Stone's Throw

A Stone's Throw

by Fiona Shaw (Author), Fiona Shaw (Author)

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    Paperback 2012

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Synopsis

What if following your heart takes you somewhere you just can't bear to go? 'You must choose how you live your life. And as you are my son, William, I tell you that you, and you alone, must do the choosing.' Like everyone, Meg has made choices over the course of her life; for the most part, she's proud of the decisions she made, but that doesn't mean she's not without regrets, not haunted by questions of what might have been...What if her older brother hadn't gone missing when she was just a child? What if she'd married for love, rather than duty? What if she told her son why it matters so much that he, unlike her, listens to his heart? Set in England and Africa, and opening during World War Two, "A Stone's Throw" is a novel about family, about love, about duty; it's about the people we miss and the secrets we keep. Above all though, it's about the choices we make - and those we don't.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 240
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 05 Apr 2012
ISBN 10: 1846688310
ISBN 13: 9781846688317
Book Overview: Set in England and Africa, and opening during World War Two, A Stone's Throw is a novel about family, about love, about duty; it's about the people we miss and the secrets we keep. Above all though, it's about the choices we make - and those we don't.

Media Reviews
Fiona Shaw writes with a pure style and an honest heart -- Emma Donoghue
Shaw examines her theme movingly in this satisfying saga. * Diva *
Her prose eshews the elemental: it is as subtle and delicate as gossamer... a masterclass in restraint -- David Evans * FT *
a thoughtful, frequently moving addition to Shaw's oeuvre. It has 'book club favourite' stamped all over it. -- John O'Connell * BMI Voyager *
Exquisitely written -- Henry Sutton * Daily Mirror *
Charged family saga . . . Shaw handles her material with confidence and skill. An accessible novel, it is shot through with moments of pure poetry. -- Emma Hagestadt * Independent *
Author Bio
Fiona Shaw is the author of three previous novels: The Sweetest Thing, The Picture She Took and Tell it to the Bees. She has also written a memoir, Out Of Me. She lives in York.