Small Wars by Sadie Jones
Hal Treherne is a young and dedicated soldier on the brink of a brilliant career. Impatient to see action, his other deep commitment is to Clara, his beautiful red, white and blue girl , who sustains him as he rises through the ranks. When Hal is transferred to the Mediterranean, Clara, now his wife, and their baby daughters join him. But Cyprus is no sunshine posting , and the island is in the heat of the Emergency- the British are defending the colony against Cypriots schoolboys and armed guerrillas alike battling for enosis, union with Greece. The skirmishes are far from glorious and operations often rough and bloody. Still, in serving his country and leading his men, Hal has a taste of triumph. Clara shares his sense of duty. She must settle down, make no fuss, smile. But action changes Hal, and Clara becomes fearful of the lethal tit-for-tat beyond the army base, and her increasingly distant husband. The atrocities Hal is drawn into take him further from Clara; a betrayal that is only part of the shocking personal crisis to come. The prizewinning and bestselling author of The Outcast returns with an emotionally powerful portrait of a marriage in extremis and a worl
Sadie Jones lives in London. Her first novel, The Outcast, was published to wide acclaim in 2008; winner of the Costa First Novel Award, it was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and was a Richard and Judy Summer Reads bestseller.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780701184568 |
| ISBN 10 | 0701184566 |
| Title | Small Wars |
| Author | Sadie Jones |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2009-08-27 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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