When We Were Alive

C.J. Fisher

Description

Shortlisted for the Amazon Rising Star Award

'The wartime mood evokes shades of Michael Chabon's Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay... A complex, well-crafted and absorbing debut that points to a promising future.' --Big Issue

When we first meet Bobby, he is a shy, 12-year-old magician who falls in love with his best friend.

William is consumed with self-hate and drinks to escape the memories of his father's sadness and his mother's death.

Myles is writing letters to a mother he has never met.

Three different people from three different times each explore the dark side of relationships, search for beauty in sadness and try to bear the burden of guilt from living in a world we are powerless to fix.

Sujets

• Coming of Age
• Segunda Guerra Mundial
• Thrilling
• Unrequited love
• 2000s
• Literature
• 21st century
• Prairie Central Railway
• Substance Abuse
• A God in Ruins
• Social media
• Young Love
• Young adult
• Literary fiction
• Mental health
• Topical
• Family history
• Interpersonal relationship
• Autobiographical novel
• Plot (narrative)
• Historical fiction
• Loss
• Thought
• 1930s
• 20th century
• 1970s
• World War II
• Relationship
• Mental disorder
• Guilt
• Bildungsroman
• Author
• Family Ties
• Addiction
• Dark
• Grief
• Alcohol
• Contemporary
• Relevant
• History
• Sadness
• Emotional
• Death
• Fiction
• Friends
• Seconde Guerre mondiale

Informations

• Publié par: Legend Press
• Date de parution: 01 mars 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 2
• EAN13: 9781785079917
• Langue: English

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