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Long Walk Home by Will North (2007, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
- PublisherCrown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
- ISBN-100307383024
- ISBN-139780307383020
- eBay Product ID (ePID)59063057
Product Key Features
- Book TitleLong Walk Home
- Number of Pages320 Pages
- LanguageEnglish
- TopicContemporary Women, General
- Publication Year2007
- GenreFiction
- AuthorWill North
- FormatHardcover
Dimensions
- Item Height1.1 in
- Item Weight22.6 Oz
- Item Length9 in
- Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
- Intended AudienceTrade
- LCCN2006-102143
- TitleLeadingThe
- Dewey Edition23
- Reviews"Love that comes along too late-and thus is doomed by the prior commitments of an honorable life-is dangerous territory, veering close to the precipice of bathos. Will North's debut novelThe Long Walk Homestays the course; and the results are genuine, tender and affecting." - Jacquelyn Mitchard, author ofThe Deep End of the OceanandStill Summer "The Long Walk Homemovingly conveys the life-changing effects of love between two middle-aged people with a lot of unshared history." -Seattle Times "North's bittersweet, romantic novel has invited some early comparisons with the bestselling work of Nicholas Sparks and Robert James Waller." -Seattle Post-Intelligencer "How we perceive love and acknowledge its obligations is at the core of this first novel by ghostwriter North. . .If visions of Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep come to mind, which they did briefly for this reviewer, the similarity to Robert Waller'sThe Bridges of Madison Countyends there. Fi and Alec do share an immediate connection, but their witty exchanges and the fascinating descriptions of climbing, cooking (yes, Alec can do it in the kitchen), and lambing are absorbing from the very first. Alec has experienced loss and doesn't want any more of it; Fi accepts that her dreams might have to remain just that. . .a joy to read." -Library Journal "[A] lyrical first novel about love and loss. . . North offers vivid descriptions of the Welsh countryside, capturing its local dialect, flora and fauna, and wild weather. . .if Nicholas Sparks set a novel in North Wales, it would read a lot like this!" -Publishers Weekly "A brilliantly realized romance..." - The Strand Book Store, NYC "The Long Walk Homefeatures some astute observations about the nature of the human condition, where fear of chaos, the collapse of order, and the triumph of confusion and tragedy can sometimes threaten to overtake us. Conversely, this enormously heartrending novel also tells us much about the unalterable, inexplicable power of love." -Curled Up with a Good Book "A story crafted with a charming locale, sensitive insights, and engaging action." Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, "Love that comes along too late-and thus is doomed by the prior commitments of an honorable life-is dangerous territory, veering close to the precipice of bathos. Will North's debut novelThe Long Walk Homestays the course; and the results are genuine, tender and affecting." - Jacquelyn Mitchard, author ofThe Deep End of the OceanandStill Summer "The Long Walk Homemovingly conveys the life-changing effects of love between two middle-aged people with a lot of unshared history." -Seattle Times "North's bittersweet, romantic novel has invited some early comparisons with the bestselling work of Nicholas Sparks and Robert James Waller." -Seattle Post-Intelligencer "How we perceive love and acknowledge its obligations is at the core of this first novel by ghostwriter North. . .If visions of Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep come to mind, which they did briefly for this reviewer, the similarity to Robert Waller'sThe Bridges of Madison Countyends there. Fi and Alec do share an immediate connection, but their witty exchanges and the fascinating descriptions of climbing, cooking (yes, Alec can do it in the kitchen), and lambing are absorbing from the very first. Alec has experienced loss and doesn't want any more of it; Fi accepts that her dreams might have to remain just that. . .a joy to read." -Library Journal "[A] lyrical first novel about love and loss. . . North offers vivid descriptions of the Welsh countryside, capturing its local dialect, flora and fauna, and wild weather. . .if Nicholas Sparks set a novel in North Wales, it would read a lot like this!" -Publishers Weekly "A brilliantly realized romance..." - The Strand Book Store, NYC "The Long Walk Homefeatures some astute observations about the nature of the human condition, where fear of chaos, the collapse of order, and the triumph of confusion and tragedy can sometimes threaten to overtake us. Conversely, this enormously heartrending novel also tells us much about the unalterable, inexplicable power of love." -Curled Up with a Good Book "A story crafted with a charming locale, sensitive insights, and engaging action." Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star From the Hardcover edition.
- Dewey Decimal813.6
- SynopsisWhen forty-three-year-old Fiona Edwards first sees the lanky backpacker striding up the lane toward her award-winning farmhouse bed-and-breakfast in the remote mountains of North Wales, she's puzzled. She's used to unexpected strangers, but few arrive on foot. The man to whom she opens her door is middle-aged, unshaven, sweat-soaked . . . and arrestingly handsome. What neither of them knows at that moment is that their lives are about to change forever. American Alec Hudson has carried the ashes-and the memory-of his late ex-wife, Gwynne, all the way from London's Heathrow Airport, honoring her request that he scatter them atop a mountain they had climbed together years before-the same brooding peak whose jagged cliffs rise to the sky from the back pastures of Fiona's farm. But the weather doesn't cooperate, and as Fiona and Alec wait for it to clear, they are drawn together by mutual loss, longing, and the miracle of love at midlife. On the day he finally reaches the summit, Alec is caught in a vicious hailstorm. As he struggles to descend, he stumbles upon the body of a man he recognizes from a photograph at the farm: it is Fiona's ailing and reclusive husband, David, and he is close to death. Will North's debut novel, The Long Walk Home , is a story about grief and hope, about love and loss, and about two people struggling with the agonizing complexities of fidelity-to a spouse, to a moral code, to each other, and to a passion neither thought would ever appear again. By turns lyrical and gripping, set amid a landscape of breathtaking beauty and unpredictable danger, this is a story you will not soon forget. For news, reviews, and a visual walking tour, visit WillNorthOnline.com., This book provides& a set of & ideas& with detailed plans& for easy, accessible, themed activity days. Devised as a complete package to take the organisational headache away from those tasked with arranging them, each plan details a wealth of activities& that can be graded to suit all abilities including those with specific learning difficulties. Each full day plan follows a different theme, and includes printable templates of invitations, parent letters, activity templates and other resources to& ensure most of the time consuming but necessary administrative details are presented in an attractive and professional& way. All resources& are available as downloadable electronic files& for ease and portability.>
- LC Classification NumberPS3614.O778L66 2007
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- by mrsjhr03 Jan, 2018
I think this is North's best book !! I really enjoyed it !!
This book, The Long Walk Home, was one of the best books I have read in a long, long time. I will not forget this story.
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