Ten seconds from the sun
Book synopsis: Ray Greenland is an exemplary family man and Thames River pilot who can navigate people safely in the here and now, while his wife Lily, in her capacity as a director of a dating agency, arranges their happy futures. But what none of those around him know, including Lily and their chi...
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ftbirkbeckcoll:oai:eprints.bbk.ac.uk.oai2:22921 2023-05-15T16:29:00+02:00 Ten seconds from the sun Jones, Russell 2007 https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/22921/ https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9780349117799 unknown Little, Brown Book Group Jones, Russell (2007) Ten seconds from the sun. London, UK: Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 9780349117799. English Theatre and Creative Writing Book NonPeerReviewed 2007 ftbirkbeckcoll 2022-01-09T09:03:07Z Book synopsis: Ray Greenland is an exemplary family man and Thames River pilot who can navigate people safely in the here and now, while his wife Lily, in her capacity as a director of a dating agency, arranges their happy futures. But what none of those around him know, including Lily and their children, is that Ray's life is not his own; he is mortgaged to a past that might, at any time, come to claim him back. When Ray was twelve he did something so wrong he must live under a false identity for the rest of his life. He tries to atone by loving his family, while protecting them against the pernicious truth; telling stories from other people's happier lives and claiming them as his own. The only safe place for him is on the lower reaches of the Thames. But it's on land where Ray's past resurfaces and a lifetime of caution may not be enough to save him. Book Greenland BIROn - Birkbeck Institutional Research Online (Birkbeck University of London) Greenland |
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Book synopsis: Ray Greenland is an exemplary family man and Thames River pilot who can navigate people safely in the here and now, while his wife Lily, in her capacity as a director of a dating agency, arranges their happy futures. But what none of those around him know, including Lily and their children, is that Ray's life is not his own; he is mortgaged to a past that might, at any time, come to claim him back. When Ray was twelve he did something so wrong he must live under a false identity for the rest of his life. He tries to atone by loving his family, while protecting them against the pernicious truth; telling stories from other people's happier lives and claiming them as his own. The only safe place for him is on the lower reaches of the Thames. But it's on land where Ray's past resurfaces and a lifetime of caution may not be enough to save him. |
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