The Railwayman's Wife by Ashley Hay

The Railwayman's Wife by Ashley Hay

Exquisitely written and deeply felt a true book of wonders. Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Secret Chord
An absorbing and uplifting read. M.L. Stedman, author of The Light Between Oceans
This is a book in which grief and love are so entwined they make a new and wonderful kind of sense. Fiona McFarlane, author of The Night Guest
Amidst the strange, silent aftermath of World War I, a widow, a poet, and a doctor search for lasting peace and fresh beginnings in this internationally acclaimed, award-winning novel.
When Anikka Lachlan s husband, Mac, is killed in a railway accident, she is offered and accepts a job at the Railway Institute s library and searches there for some solace in her unexpectedly new life. But in Thirroul, in 1948, she s not the only person trying to chase dreams through books. There s Roy McKinnon, who found poetry in the mess of war, but who has now lost his words and his hope. There s Frank Draper, trapped by the guilt of those his medical treatment and care failed on their first day of freedom. All three struggle to find their own peace, and their own new story.
But along with the firming of this triangle of friendship and a sense of lives inching towards renewal come other extremities and misunderstandings. In the end, love and freedom can have unexpected ways of expressing themselves.
The Railwayman s Wife explores the power of beginnings and endings, and how hard it can sometimes be to tell them apart. Most of all, it celebrates love in all its forms, and the beauty of discovering that loving someone can be as extraordinary as being loved yourself.

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ISBN 13	9781501128660
ISBN 10	1501128663
Title	The Railwayman's Wife
Author	Ashley Hay
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Washington Square Press
Year published	2016-12-27
Number of pages	288
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