Something Like Breathing
Published on 15. January 2019
256 pages
978-1-911508-31-1 (ISBN)
Description
It's the 1950s, and Lorrie is unimpressed when her family moves to the remote Scottish island where her grandad runs a whisky distillery. She befriends Sylvie, the shy girl next door: 'The slightest smile from Sylvie was a fluffy elephant at the fair. It had to be won with a clear aim,' writes Lorrie. Yet fun-loving Lorrie isn't sure Sylvie's is the friendship she wants to win. As the adults around them struggle to keep their lives on an even keel, the two young women are drawn into a series of events that leave the small town wondering who exactly Sylvie is and what strange gift she is hiding.
Readman's feel for emotional nuance and flair for mixing strangeness with poignant detail make this long-awaited debut novel one to savour.
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Language
English
Place of publication
High Wycombe
United Kingdom
File size
1,15 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-911508-31-1 (9781911508311)
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Angela Readman is a twice-shortlisted winner of the Costa Short Story Award.
Her debut story collection Don't Try This at Home was published by And Other Stories in 2015. It won The Rubery Book Prize and was shortlisted in the Edge Hill Short Story Prize. She also writes poetry, and her collection The Book of Tides was published by Nine Arches in 2016. Something Like Breathing is her first novel.
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Part I
- Lorrie
- 15th July 1957
- Lorrie
- 20th July 1957
- Lorrie
- 25th August 1957
- Lorrie
- 25th September 1957
- Lorrie
- 5th October 1957
- Lorrie
- 5th November 1957
- Lorrie
- Part II
- 19th February 1960
- Lorrie
- 19th March 1960
- Lorrie
- 30th March 1960
- Lorrie
- 21st April 1960
- Lorrie
- 22nd April 1960
- Lorrie
- 30th April 1960
- Lorrie
- 1st May 1960
- Lorrie
- 5th May 1960
- Lorrie
- 9th May 1960
- Lorrie
- 13th May 1960
- Lorrie
- 17th May 1960
- Lorrie
- 25th May 1960
- Lorrie
- 26th May 1960
- Lorrie
- 1st June 1960
- Part III
- Lorrie
- The Day I Left the Sandpit
- Lorrie
- 8th June 1960
- Lorrie
- 9th June 1960
- Lorrie
- 13th June 1960
- Lorrie
- 16th June 1960
- Lorrie
- 17th June 1960
- Lorrie
- 22nd June 1960
- Lorrie
- 26th June 1960
- Lorrie
- 26th June 1960 (continued)
- Lorrie
- 27th June 1960
- Lorrie
- Note to the Reader
- Current and Upcoming Books
- About the Author
