The Possible World (Hardback)
  • The Possible World (Hardback)
zoom

The Possible World (Hardback)

(author)
£12.99
Hardback 368 Pages / Published: 12/07/2018
  • In stock

Available

  • This item has been added to your basket
Your local Waterstones may have stock of this item. Please check by using Click & Collect
______________________ 'Every now and then I come across a book I wish I'd written. The Possible World is one ... A gorgeously wrought exploration of who gets to tell the story of our lives, and who gets to inhabit that story with us' JODI PICOULT Ben is the sole survivor of a crime that claims his mother and countless others. He is just six years old, and already he must find a new place for himself in the world. Lucy, the doctor who tends to Ben, is grappling with a personal upheaval of her own. She feels a profound connection to the little boy who has lived through the unthinkable. Will recovering his memory heal him, or damage him further? Clare has long believed that the lifetime of secrets she's been keeping don't matter to anyone anymore, until an unexpected encounter prompts her to tell her story. As they each struggle to confront the events - past and present - that have defined their lives, something stronger than fate is working to bring them together...

Publisher: Cornerstone
ISBN: 9781786331182
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 625 g
Dimensions: 240 x 162 x 33 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS
"The Possible World doesn't shrink from grimness and is as grippy as any crime novel yet is ultimately joyful and optimistic." -- Anne Marie Scanlon * The Irish Independent *
"In hauntingly beautiful prose, Schwarz weaves a complicated story that spans nearly a century, from the Great Depression until the present day... Full of imagination and nostalgia, loss and redemption." * Kirkus Review *
"Compelling storytelling" * The Mail on Sunday *
"This beautiful story of loss and memory by Liese O'Halloran Schwarz is a joy." * Good Housekeeping *
"Full of big questions" * The Observer *

You may also be interested in...

The Midnight Library
Added to basket
£16.99
Hardback
Girl, Woman, Other
Added to basket
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
Utopia Avenue
Added to basket
£8.99
Paperback
Where the Crawdads Sing
Added to basket
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
A Slow Fire Burning
Added to basket
£20.00   £17.99
Hardback
A Song for the Dark Times
Added to basket
£20.00   £16.99
Hardback
Troubled Blood
Added to basket
£20.00   £16.99
Hardback
Klara and the Sun
Added to basket
£20.00   £16.99
Hardback
The Dark Remains
Added to basket
£20.00
Hardback
Pine
Added to basket
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
Shuggie Bain
Added to basket
£14.99   £7.49
Hardback
The Thursday Murder Club
Added to basket
£14.99   £10.99
Hardback
The Giver of Stars
Added to basket
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
Agent Running in the Field
Added to basket
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
Beautiful World, Where Are You
Added to basket
The Girl with the Louding Voice
Added to basket
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback

“So sad and gripping...I loved this book”

Oh my heart......the best book I have read for ages. The author tells the tale through 3 people, Claire, Lucy and Ben/Leo. It’s a really engrossing read and the three lives are very different, with a bit of war,... More

Hardback edition
Helpful? Upvote 6

“An absolute delight”

This book hooked me from the start when the seemingly innocuous children's birthday party that ends so horribly, horribly wrong sparks off the story that links the characters of Ben/Leo, Clare and Lucy. The book... More

Hardback edition
Helpful? Upvote 5
Clare Riley

“A truly beautiful and moving novel.”

I have to admit that I approached this with some trepidation. I had requested to read it based purely on the front cover (a bird in flight and a child stood with their arms out wide - the UK cover, I think). It really... More

Hardback edition
Helpful? Upvote 5

Please sign in to write a review

Your review has been submitted successfully.