num_pages: 288
description: Amidst the strange silent aftermath of World War II a widow a poet and a doctor search for lasting peace and fresh beginnings in this internationally acclaimed award-winning novel.When Anikka Lachlans husband Mac is killed in a railway accident she is offeredand acceptsa job at the Railway Institutes library and searches there for some solace in her unexpectedly new life. But in Thirroul in 1948 shes not the only person trying to chase dreams through books. Theres Roy McKinnon who found poetry in the mess of war but who has now lost his words and his hope. Theres Frank Draper trapped by the guilt of those his medical treatment and care failed on their first day of freedom. All three struggle to find their own peace and their own new story.But along with the firming of this triangle of friendship and a sense of lives inching towards renewal come other extremitiesand misunderstandings. In the end love and freedom can have unexpected ways of expressing themselves.The Railwaymans Wife explores the power of beginnings and endings and how hard it can sometimes be to tell them apart. Most of all it celebrates love in all its forms and the beauty of discovering that loving someone can be as extraordinary as being loved yourself.
language: English
title: The Railwayman's Wife
publisher: Atria Books