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Julian and Annie have only just announced their forthcoming
marriage, when Annie's twelve-year old son Dan mysteriously fails
to come home from school. Despite an extensive police
investigation, the days turn into weeks and it is as if he has
vanished into thin air. Over the next three years, Annie refuses to
give up hope that somewhere her son is alive and will one day
return home. Julian, meanwhile, can't help but yearn for Annie to
put the past behind her and move on. Then, out of the blue, a call
from Glasgow brings shocking news of Dan's fate. And far from being
over, it seems the mystery of his disappearance is only just
beginning...
HOW WELL CAN A MOTHER EVER REALLY KNOW HER CHILD?
Julian and Annie have only just announced their forthcoming
marriage when Annie's twelve-year-old son, Dan, fails to come home
from school. Despite an extensive police investigation, the days
turn into weeks and it is as if Dan has vanished into thin air.
Over the next three years Annie refuses to give up hope that
somewhere her son is alive and will one day return home. Julian,
meanwhile, can't help but yearn for Annie to put the past behind
her and move on. Then, out of the blue, a call brings shocking news
of Dan's fate. And far from being over, it seems the mystery of his
disappearance is only just beginning.
In spare, searing prose, "Deceptions "addresses our simultaneous
need for--and wariness of--human connection and the extremes that
we are driven to by these competing impulses. Marking British
literary star Rebecca Frayn's arrival in the United States, this is
fiction at its riveting best.
Rose and Johnny are a modern couple, a career couple. But suddenly
- unexpectedly - Johnny's desire for commitment and a child brings
them to an abrupt and painful crossroads. To save their
relationship Rose, an ambitious photographer still struggling for
recognition, reluctantly concedes - only to discover that achieving
parenthood is far harder than either of them had bargained on.
Unflinchingly honest, ONE LIFE is a heart-stoppingly poignant and
compelling exploration of womanhood and its most basic compulsion;
the desire for children.
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