Floating Island by Anna Ralph

Floating Island by Anna Ralph

They say it's coming back. Before long the moon will find a shadow. Bubbles will rise and the shadow will spread to a stain. Then, in the night, in the dark, the Floating Island will surface. Here again. As it was a year ago. The day Tom died. year after they rowed out to the island Tom's older brother, Matt, is still in a wheelchair, haunted by nightmares. He can't remember what happened. Nor does he want to. nly when eighteen-year-old Sarah Bell, a tough, Geordie lass with a no-nonsense approach, takes up the position of Matt's carer, do things begin to change for him. Lonely, embittered, and resentful at first of her presence, Matt slowly softens towards her - but Sarah has troubles of her own, and her attentions are distracted by Robert, Matt's psychiatrist, himself grieving over the failure of his marriage. rawn together for one long, hot summer, as the floating island breaks the surface of the lake again, Matt, Sarah and Robert are set on a collision course that will change their lives forever.

Anna Ralph was born in Thornaby-on-tees in 1974. She worked as a bookseller, in public relations, and in journalism before writing full-time. The Floating Island is her first novel. She lives in Durham.

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ISBN 13	9780091795566
ISBN 10	0091795567
Titel	Floating Island
Autor	Anna Ralph
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Cornerstone
Erscheinungsjahr	2007-03-01
Seitenanzahl	352
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.