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A Temporary Life

A Novel

by David Storey
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An art teacher searches for meaning in a strange town as his wife spirals into madness in this stunning novel from Man Booker Prize–winning author David Storey
Colin Freestone had not planned to live in northern England. The people here are so passionate and raw that he does not expect to ever understand them or feel at ease. But when his wife, Yvonne, fell sick, she would only accept psychiatric care if she could be near her mother, so Colin had no choice but to move north. As Yvonne wastes away in the hospital, sinking deeper and deeper into a terrifying and incomprehensible madness, Colin tries to make sense of his strange surroundings. He may live here now, but he will never call it home.
 
To pass the time, he takes a job teaching art at a second-rate college that is headed by a nutrition-crazed dean. Colin makes friends, meets women, and plays tennis, but nothing can distract him from the fact that his wife is slowly dying and he is helpless to stop it.

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  • Release date

    August 11, 2015

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781504015127
      • File size: 524 KB

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781504015127
      • File size: 7806 KB

  • Languages

    • English

Formats

  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

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  • English

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