You Came Back by Christopher Coake

You Came Back by Christopher Coake

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Thirty-something Mark Fife believes he has moved on from the accidental death of his young son Brendan and the break-up of his marriage. He's successful, in love again, and he thinks he's mastered his own memories at last. But when a strange woman tells him she believes her house is haunted by Brendan's ghost, his life is thrown into turmoil.

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You Came Back by Christopher Coake

You were loved and lost ... then you came back. Thirty-something Mark Fife believes he has moved on from the accidental death of his young son Brendan and the subsequent break-up of his marriage. He's successful, in love again, and he thinks he's mastered his own memories at last. But when a strange woman tells him she believes her house is haunted by Brendan's ghost, his life is thrown into turmoil. Mark doesn't believe in ghosts, but his distressed ex-wife does, and he really wants to help her. So much so that he begins to doubt his own beliefs - and endanger the relationships that really matter now in his life, with his fiancee Allison and his tough and sceptical father. You Came Back is a wonderfully affecting read about the nature of belief and bereavement, about old loves and new loves, and the hardships involved in letting go.
Christopher Coake's book of stories We're In Trouble (Penguin, 2005) won him a PEN Award and led to him being named by Granta as one of America's best young writers. A native of Ohio, where You Came Back is set, he now lives in Reno where he teaches creative writing at the University of Nevada. This is his first novel.
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ISBN 13 9780241957950
ISBN 10 0241957958
Title You Came Back
Author Christopher Coake
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2012-10-04
Number of pages 432
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.