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Synopsis
Have you ever wished you could walk away from it all? Not for a day, not for a week, but for good.
Claire’s older brother, Daniel, has disappeared. He leaves work one Friday afternoon, shortly before Christmas, and vanishes into thin air. Married, successful, rich, there seems no reason why he would abandon his life. Has he been killed? Has he been kidnapped? Or has he just had enough?
Set between London and Miami, this is the story of a family with ghosts to bury. It opens on the day of the Challenger shuttle explosion at Cape Canaveral; a tragic moment that rips this family apart and sets Daniel’s disappearance in motion some 18 years later.
In the midst of it all sits Claire - promiscuous, divorced, irresponsible; fluent in six foreign languages, yet hopeless at interpreting life. It is Claire that knows Daniel best. It is Claire who becomes convinced that she knows where her older brother is and sets off on a journey to find him.
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Review
Combines laugh-out-loud passages with scenes that make you want to cry (Independent )
'Louise Wener's writing is as quirky and cool as her stage persona' (Cosmopolitan)
'A captivating yarn...in a word: sophisticated' (The Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin, Australia)
Praise for THE BIG BLIND
'Her most accomplished effort yet' (Mirror)
Great comic characters . . .and smart one liners (Observer)
'Hilarious scenes and laugh out loud episodes move the book forward so fast it is impossible to put down. The family problems depicted are only too real, though, and most readers will recognise the situations and the kinds of things we cannot bring ourselves to talk about. I can't wait for this book to be made into a film. Brilliant stuff.' (Wanganui Chronicle (NZ))
'Sweet and classy novel' (Wairarapa Times Age NZ)
An uplifting, original tale (Sunday Mirror)
A moving, often funny story of high stakes, lost love and finding your place in the world. Louise Wener confirms her successful career change from pop star to novelist with this impressive second novel (Company)
Book Description
Deftly bridging the gap between popular and literary fiction, Louise Wener's hugely poignant new novel is fresh, sophisticated writing with genuine commercial potential - to delight fans of Zoe Heller and Tony Parsons alike.
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- PublisherHodder & Stoughton
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0340832452
- ISBN 13 9780340832455
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages306
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