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In the long days that follow it's almost impossible not to get lost in melancholy memories - all the more acute since the woman he loves is back in Africa - but with the help of a sailing boat and a burgeoning friendship with the quirkiest woman in town, the ache of loneliness begins to ease. 'Jonathan Raban's achievements in this novel are nothing short of awesome' Washington Post 'Raban has a wonderful gift . . . 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It's the sort of book you put among your favourite books you keep on your desk or table, the ones you pick up over and over again to re-read with undiminished pleasure, the sort you wish you'd written yourself' Beryl Bainbridge, \u003ci\u003eSpectator \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/jonathan-raban-books\"\u003eJonathan Raban\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Picador\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780330299770\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £1.00","offer_id":47910097715377,"sku":"SB-0330299778-C4","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0330299778.jpg?v=1789140827"},{"product_id":"father-and-son-a-memoir-about-family-the-past-and-mortality","title":"Father and Son: A memoir about family, the past and mortality","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A beautiful, compelling memoir . . . This, Raban's final work, is a gorgeous achievement\" - Ian McEwanOn 11 June 2011, three days short of his sixty-ninth birthday, Jonathan Raban suffered a stroke which left him unable to use the right side of his body. Learning to use a wheelchair in a rehab facility outside Seattle and resisting the ministrations of the nurses overseeing his recovery, Raban began to reflect upon the measure of his own life in the face of his own mortality. Together with the chronicle of his recovery is the extraordinary story of his parents' marriage, the early years of which were conducted by letter while his father fought in the Second World War.Jonathan Raban engages profoundly and candidly with some of the biggest questions at the heart of what it means to be alive, laying bare the human capacity to withstand trauma, as well as the warmth, strength, and humour that persist despite it. 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