Held by Anne Michaels

Held by Anne Michaels

A breathtaking, ineffable new novel from the author of the international best sellers Fugitive Pieces and The Winter Vault--a story of love and loyalty across generations, at once sweeping and intimate

1917. On a battlefield near the River Escaut, John lies in the aftermath of a blast, unable to move or feel his legs. Struggling to focus his thoughts, he is lost to memory as the snow falls--a chance encounter in a pub by a railway, a hot bath with his lover on a winter night.

1920. John has returned from war to North Yorkshire, near a different river. He is alive but still not whole. Reunited with Helena, an artist, he reopens his photography business and tries to keep on living. But the past erupts insistently into the present, as ghosts begin to surface in his pictures: ghosts with messages he cannot understand.

So begins a narrative that spans four generations of connections and consequences that ignite and reignite as the century unfolds. In radiant moments of desire, comprehension, longing, and transcendence, the sparks fly upward, working their transformations decades later.

Held is affecting and intensely beautiful, full of mystery, wisdom, and compassion, a novel by a writer at the height of her powers.

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ISBN 13	9780593470848
ISBN 10	0593470842
Title	Held
Author	Anne Michaels
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2025-03-04
Number of pages	240
Prizes	Commended for Man Booker Prize (Fiction) 2024
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.