Inside the whale
By: Jennie Rooney
Publisher: Windsor/Paragon; AUDIOGO
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bath
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781408415030; 9781408415047
Subjects: Large type books; Fiction; Social life and customs; Manners and customs
Description: "Stevie Stanford, recently widowed, must tell her family the truth -- but the past is complicated and difficult to untangle. Meanwhile Michael's memories are squashed into a shoebox (along with Queen Mathilda's Dickin Medal for Bravery -- for pigeons) ready for his move to hospital. Michael has never been good at putting things into words; he's more comfortable with the click of Morse code. But Anna, a young healthcare assistant, has the patience -- and rare tenderness -- to eke out his story. And so he begins. Heartbreaking and life-affirming, funny and deeply moving, this is the unforgettable story of Stevie and Michael -- ordinary lovers torn apart by the extraordinary events of war."--Jacket.
Notes: Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 2008.