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Carry the One
By Carol Anshaw
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Description
In the early hours of the morning following a wedding reception a car filled with stoned drunk and sleepy guests accidentally hits and kills a girl on a dark country road. For the next twenty-five years the lives of those involved are subtly shaped by this tragic moment.
Through friendships and love affairs marriage and divorce parenthood addiction and the modest calamities and triumphs of ordinary days Carry the One shows how one life affects another and how those who thrive and those who self-destruct are closer to each other than we'd expect.
'Her deftly episodic novel of love time and off-beat family life is warm generous and wise. An enormously engaging novel' Daily Mail
'Carry The Oneis a finely crafted novel full of phrases you want to cut out and keep and characters you think you know. It is delicate in its touch yet huge in its reach' Observer
'Superb . . . Anshaw sees her characters with startling clarity and no small helping of warmth and humour . . . Anshaw's writing [is] subtle bemused kind and smart she nails moment after moment . . .Carry The Oneis a marvellous novel grown-up smart and emotionally intelligent about people who like the rest of us try but mostly fail to keep their ducks in a row' Patrick Ness Guardian
'A tender tale of what happens to ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances' Marie Claire
'A funny vivid and pingingly true story about longing and the pain of love. Anshaw conveys beefy emotions and life-changing events with the most gossamer of touches' Rachel Johnson Vogue
'If you love Jonathan Franzen you'll love this compelling book' Entertainment Weekly
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
274
Release Date:
2012-11-22
Publication Date:
2012-11-22
Publisher:
Penguin
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0241963966
ISBN13:
9780241963968
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
330 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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The items bear minimal signs of past use, such as light scratches or memories in the form of markings. These signs of wear give the items a charming character and tell stories of their previous owners, while not affecting their functionality.
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