The One I Was
by Eliza Graham
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Pub Date Apr 04 2014 | Archive Date Jul 23 2014
Description
The past will always find you out...
Rosamond Hunter has spent her adult life running away from the past, filled
with guilt about her involuntary role in the death of her mother. Rosamond is a
nurse, a kind of midwife for those leaving rather than entering life. Her work
brings her back to Fairfleet, the beautiful English country house at which her
mother died so long ago, to nurse the dying Benny Gault, a former
Kindertransport refugee from Nazi Germany. Rosamond soon discovers that Benny
is hiding a secret about his last days in Germany he badly needs to confess, a
secret that somehow connects with Rosamond's own tortuous family history. Just
as the two begin to unthread the ties binding them together, a figure from the
past returns to Fairfleet to menace the pair.
Advance Praise
It's quite a while since I read a book with quite so much meat on its bones... The Bookbag
'Eliza Graham crafts a poignant story of identity and legacy in THE ONE I WAS, posing the question of how much past events define us, and whether we can ever break free of our damaged selves to truly start anew. In this novel as in life, there are no pat answers. Beautifully done.' Kristina Riggle, author of Real Life and Liars and The Whole Golden World.
A haunting and intricate tale
... The plot is constructed with such watchmaker's precision that to refer to any aspect of it trails a spoiler and violates the unity of the whole. Suffice it to say that the book is engaging, compelling and dramatic from the first page. It has some aspects of a psychological thriller; in other ways a doomed romance; and from another angle an involving historical novel. Readers of any of these genres will enjoy this book. If the intricacy of the story is remarkable, it never overwhelms the beautifully drawn characters. By Tim Stretton, author of The Dog of the North
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781910229019 |
| PRICE | $4.99 (USD) |
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