The Widow and her Hero (Paperback, New Ed)

'Exceptionally good...a master storyteller' Allan Massie, Scotsman 'Both an absorbing wartime thriller and a thoroughly convincing study of grief' Sunday Times In 1943, when Grace and Leo Waterhouse married in Australia, they were part of a young generation ready to sacrifice themselves to win the war, while being confident they would survive. Sixty years on, as Grace recounts what happened to her doomed hero, she can say what she suspected then: that for many men, bravery is its own end. The tale she tells is one of great love, lost innocence, a charismatic but unstable Irish commander, dashing undercover missions against the Japanese in Singapore, and - in her eyes - reckless, foolhardy exploits. As fresh details continue to emerge, Grace is forced to keep revising her picture of what happened to Leo and his fellow commandoes - until she learns about the final piece in the jigsaw, and an ultimate betrayal. As absorbing as it is thought-provoking, this timely novel poses unsettling questions about what drives men to battle and heroic deeds, and movingly conveys the life-long effect on those who survive them.

General

Imprint:	Sceptre
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2008
First published:	2007
Authors:	Thomas Keneally
Dimensions:	198 x 131 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	272
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-340-82528-0
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-340-82528-6
Barcode:	9780340825280

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