The Trick to Time
- ISBN-10
- 0241973414
- ISBN-13
- 9780241973417
- Category
- Birmingham (England)
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-07
- Publisher
- Viking
- Author
- Kit de Waal
Description
'There is a trick to time. You can make it expand or you can make it contract. You can make the most of what you have . . . ' Mona is a young Irish girl in the big city, with the thrill of a new job and a room of her own in a busy boarding house. On her first night out in 1970s Birmingham, she meets William, a charming Irish boy with an easy smile and an open face. They embark upon a passionate affair, a whirlwind marriage - before a sudden tragedy tears them apart. Decades later, Mona pieces together the memories of the years that separate them. But can she ever learn to love again?
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