Track this book
You choose which shelves are public. Progress and read dates stay yours.
About
The new novel from the award-winning author of Deafening is a poignant exploration of one eighty-year-old life, as its heroine lies at the bottom of a ravine where she has crashed en route to visit the queen. Born the same day as Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, Canadian Georgina Danforth Witley is one of ninety-nine privileged Commonwealth subjects invited to an eightieth birthday lunch at Buckingham Palace. All she has to do is drive to the airport and board the plane for London. Except that Georgie drives off the road, her car plunging into a thickly wooded ravine. Thrown from the car and…
Reviews
Rating integrity
HealthyCounted ratings come from accounts older than 7 days and were made on or after publication. Finished readers weigh ×1.0. Readers who have not finished yet weigh ×0.5. Did-not-finish ratings are shown but not counted.
Editions
5 editions- Hardcover · English · 2007Atlantic Monthly Press · 320 pages · 9780871139771
- Other · English · 2009Grove Press · 282 pages · 9780802144003
- Other · English · 2008Sceptre · 282 pages · 9780340953990
- Other · English · 2008Harper Perennial · 282 pages · 9780006392620
- Other · English · 2007HarperCollins Publishers · 282 pages · 9780002005401
FictionOlder womenTraffic accidentsReminiscing in old ageFiction, family life, generalCanada, fictionFiction, psychological