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Lean fall stand

McGregor, Jon, 1976-2021
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When an Antarctic research expedition goes wrong, the consequences are far-reaching - for the men involved and for their families back home. Robert 'Doc' Wright, a veteran of Antarctic field work, holds the clues to what happened, but he's no longer able to communicate them. While Anna, his wife, navigates the sharp contours of her new life as a carer, Robert is forced to learn a whole new way to be in the world. Award-winning novelist Jon McGregor returns with a stunning novel that mesmerisingly and tenderly unpicks the notion of heroism and explores the indomitable human impulse to tell our stories - even when words fail us. A meditation on the line between sacrifice and selfishness, this is a story of the undervalued, unrecognised courage it can take just to get through the day.
Main title:
Lean fall stand / Jon McGregor.
Author:
Imprint:
London : 4th Estate, 2021.
Collation:
281 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780008204907 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
Related title:
Lean Fall Stand [electronic resource]
BRN:
1186540
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