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Synopsis
Told partially in correspondence, this literary novel is a tragic tale of love, loss, and the lies we choose to believe
Glen has left England to live with her aunt, who runs a tea plantation in Ceylon and fills her days with good works, among them the task of writing letters to a Belgian prisoner. But the letters go astray, and are received instead by Marten, eager to discover the wide world outside his small village, and desperately missing his older brother Krelis, who has vanished and is presumed dead. Marten decides to reply to Glen in the guise of the grown-up prisoner she is expecting to hear from, and as their correspondence evolves, they both assume identities that, while false in many respects, remain true to their own selves in other ways. Gradually they come to depend on each other, and their pen friendship proves to be crucial when events in their real lives take on a darker, more threatening significance in the shadow of the impending world war.
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Trilby Kent was the winner of the 2012 Young Adult Canadian Award for her novel Stones for My Father.
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'This is a great novel, it is not afraid to examine the racism of the settlers, the different factions heading towards the second world war, but it doesn't preach or lecture, it's a fantastic story and it's almost a surprise to look up from it and find you're not in the clubhouse avoiding the heat of the day, sipping a gin.' - Female Life Style Magazine
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- PublisherAlma Books
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1846881730
- ISBN 13 9781846881732
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages300
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