The Still Point (Paperback)

At the turn of the twentieth century, Arctic explorer Edward Mackley sets out to reach the North Pole and vanishes into the icy landscape without a trace. He leaves behind a young wife, Emily, who awaits his return for decades, her dreams and devotion gradually freezing into rigid widowhood. A hundred years later, on a sweltering mid-summer's day, Edward's great-grand-niece Julia moves through the old family house, attempting to impose some order on the clutter of inherited belongings and memories from that ill-fated expedition, and taking care to ignore the deepening cracks within her own marriage. But as afternoon turns into evening, Julia makes a discovery that splinters her long-held image of Edward and Emily's romance, and her husband Simon faces a precipitous choice that will decide the future of their relationship. Sharply observed and deeply engaging, The Still Point is a powerful literary debut and a moving meditation on the distances - geographical and emotional - that can exist between two people.

General

Imprint:	Granta Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	December 2010
Authors:	Amy Sackville
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-1-84627-230-1
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Promotions
LSN:	1-84627-230-0
Barcode:	9781846272301

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