Consolation

James Wilson

RRP: £7.99

Publisher: FABER & FABER

Publication Date : 06/08/2009

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

A haunting story of a man broken by the loss of his child which combines elements of historical narrative, ghost story and children's fiction as an Edwardian children's author becomes obsessed with a young woman's dispossessed heritage. 'Wilson has a gifted, original voice.' Amanda Craig, "Daily Telegraph".

Publisher's description:

1910, and Corley Roper, an eminent children's author of his age, mourns the death of his young daughter. Estranged from his wife, and wracked by grief, he happens one night upon Mary Wilson, a woman in a similar position, as she mourns her stillborn son.

ISBN: 9780571238064