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A deeply compelling and poignant story that, like the novels of Pat Barker or Sebastian Faulks' Birdsong, dramatises the tragic lessons of war, the significance of belonging and of memory - without which we become lost, even to ourselves. Spring, 1945: A man wakes in a field in a country he does not know. Injured and confused, he pulls himself to his feet and starts to walk, and so sets out on an extraordinary journey in search of his home, his past and himself. His name is Owen. A war he has only a vague memory of joining is in its dying days, and as he tries to get back to England he…
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5 editions- Other · English · 2017Charnwood · 9781444832488
- Other · English · 2017Little Brown & Company · 9780316316378
- Other · English · 2017Little Brown & Company · 384 pages · 9780316316354
- Other · English · 2016Simon & Schuster, Limited · 384 pages · 9781471127465
- Other · English · 2015Scribner · 374 pages · 9781471127458
Teenage boysAmnesiacsNineteen fortiesAnmesiaFictionWorld War, 1939-1945SoldiersVeterans






