Misplaced Persons
$24.27
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
14 June 2022
Summary
From the author of the Costa Prize shortlisted *The Good Guy*
The Yardley family is fracturing.
Eighteen years since their move to Brussels and the future is clouded with uncertainty for Neil, a Brit, American Marcy and their three Belgian-born children. Wrapped up in their own worries, Neil and Marcy fail to see how much their middle child, Alec, is struggling. When Marcy offers shelter to a young Syrian refugee, it triggers an explosive train of events that …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473630406 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473630401 |
| Author: | Susan Beale |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 14 June 2022 |
| Weight: | 235g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 128mm x 24mm |
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Susan Beale’s writing is alive with subtlety and flair. Her stories unspool with a confident voice, a relish for detail and deft shifts in perspective
Susan Beale’s writing is alive with subtlety and flair. Her stories unspool with a confident voice, a relish for detail and deft shifts in perspective * Tessa Hadley *
How skilfully Beale negotiates a minefield in this lucid account of colliding realities * Saga Magazine *
Timely but has great warmth and readability, too * Good Housekeeping *
Thought provoking and powerful … Superbly written, this is a significant and poignant story that will resonate with many people at different stages of their lives * Buzz Magazine *
About The Author
Susan Beale
Susan Beale’s first novel, The Good Guy, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award in 2016. A graduate of the Bath Spa MA in Creative Writing, she lived in Brussels for over sixteen years and currently resides in Amsterdam.
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