On the evening of November 14, 1940, Harriet stands on the roof of the cathedral in the British town of Coventry and marvels at the magnificence of frost glittering beneath a full moon. But it is a bomber’s moon. The Germans are coming to unleash destruction. For Harriet, Jeremy, the young man who shares her duties as a firewatcher, and his free-spirited mother, Maeve, this single night will resonate for the rest of their lives.
In a story of breathtaking beauty, with the wondrous poetic style that has earned her international acclaim, Helen Humphreys recreates the terror of the infamous Second World War bombing raid on Coventry. As Harriet and Jeremy make their way through the burning city in search of Maeve, their trek becomes a journey of fear and awe as they witness butter from the dairy flowing down the streets in a burning stream and landmines on parachutes swimming like jellyfish out of the darkness. Cold dread brings to life both a grief and a love that Harriet thought she had put behind her forever.
Drawing on actual events of that horrific night in 1940, Coventry is an astounding work, at once tense and lyrical, shocking and exquisite. Touching on themes of love, loss, loneliness and remembrance, Humphreys has crafted a story that will seize readers’ hearts and imaginations.
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HELEN HUMPHREYS is an award-winning author of five acclaimed novels. Her last novel, Coventry, was a finalist for the Trillium Book Award, a New York Times Editors’ Choice and a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year. The Lost Garden was a Canada Reads selection. Afterimage won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize; Leaving Earth received the Toronto Book Award; and The Frozen Thames was a #1 bestseller. In 2009, Humphreys was awarded the Harbourfront Festival Prize for literary excellence. Visit her online at www.hhumphreys.com.
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good, Not Price Clipped. Canadian First. Complete number line from 1 to 9; some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition. Book. Codice articolo 014115
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. 0.4 x 7.4 x 4.9 Inches; 177 pages. Codice articolo 28308
Descrizione libro Condizione: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 0.35. Codice articolo 0002007266-2-3
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First. Light grey boards with pale blue cloth spine; A very good clean unmarked copy except where author signed with unclipped illust.jacket; Slight knock on top of spine abd rub on jacket; A novel with 175 pages about the Coventry bombings in WW2 by a Canadian author; Signed by Author(s). Codice articolo PARA8033
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A Phyllis Bruce Book/Harper Collins Canada, Toronto, 2008, Hardcover First Edition. Book Condition: Fine as new and unread. Dust jacket condition: crease through the rear inside flap, otherwise Fine and unclipped.because of the crease listed as near fine.will be enclosed in a mylar protective sleeve.nice copy. Codice articolo ABE-1518731094539
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