This Time Of Dying by Reina James
It is October 1918 and London is gathering in its dead. For Henry Speake, of Speake & Son Undertakers, laying to rest the shattered young bodies of those sent home from the Front to die has become a grimly familiar duty. But what he is seeing now, as influenza claims its victims with increasing speed and force, is something different, and for the first time in his life, Henry feels afraid of death. Unable to share his fears with his waspish, disapproving sisters, Henry turns instead to Mrs Allen Thompson, a recently widowed school teacher, so beginning a friendship which gradually, stumblingly, pulls them in a direction neither is prepared for.
"'Rich and absorbing.. a five-star weepie' The Times"
REINA JAMES lost two grandparents to the 1918 Spanish flu. This is her first novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846270468 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846270464 |
| Title | This Time Of Dying |
| Author | Reina James |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Granta Books |
| Year published | 2007-04-12 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Prizes | Winner of Mckitterick Prize 2008 (UK), Short-listed for Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best First Book. |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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