The instant Sunday Times bestseller, a mesmerising story of love, regret and a restless search for answers While the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade. Twenty-five years later Roland's wife mysteriously vanishes, and he is left alone with their baby son. Her disappearance sparks a journey of discovery that will continue for decades, as Roland confronts the reality of his rootless existence and attempts to embrace the uncertainty - and freedom - of his future.
Fiction: general and literary, Historical fiction, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Death - grief - loss, Narrative theme: Politics
Paperback
Ian McEwan
496 pages
H: 198mm W: 129mm Spine: 30mm
Weight: 393 grams