The Offing : A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick (Paperback / Softback)Benjamin Myers

  • Paperback / Softback
  • 272 Pages / Published 5 Mar 2020
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**SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING HELENA BONHAM-CARTER**FROM THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GALLOWS POLE COMES A POWERFUL NEW NOVELA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR_______________________‘What a radical thing, these days, to have written a book so full of warmth and kindness … Gorgeous’ – Max Porter, author of Lanny‘Glorious … Leaves an indelible impression …

A moving and subtle novel in many ways, infused with a love of the minute pleasures in life, and the lasting regrets’ – Scotland on Sunday_______________________One summer following the Second World War, Robert Appleyard sets out on foot from his Durham village. Sixteen and the son of a coal miner, he makes his way across the northern countryside until he reaches the former smuggling village of Robin Hood’s Bay. There he meets Dulcie, an eccentric, worldly, older woman who lives in a ramshackle cottage facing out to sea.

Staying with Dulcie, Robert’s life opens into one of rich food, sea-swimming, sunburn and poetry. The two come from different worlds, yet as the summer months pass, they form an unlikely friendship that will profoundly alter their futures. _______________________An i Book of the YearA Reading Agency Book of the YearA BBC Radio 2 Book Club PickA BBC Radio 4 ‘Book at Bedtime’An Observer Pick for 2019

Additional information

Dimensions 198 × 15 mm
ISBN-13

9781526611307

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Date of Publication

5 Mar 2020

By (author)

Benjamin Myers

Pages

272

Format

Paperback / softback

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