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A Terrible Kindness
A celebration of the power of community, love forged in pain and the redemption that comes from deep kindness in the face of terrible loss.
"The profound tragedy of Aberfan is handled with such grace, the reader cannot help but respond to its underlying message of hope and redemption. Incredibly moving. Exquisitely crafted." Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry
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Tonight nineteen-year-old William Lavery is dressed for success, his first black-tie do. It's the Midlands Chapter of the Institute of Embalmers Ladies' Night Dinner Dance, and William is taking Gloria in her sequined evening gown. He can barely believe his luck.
But as the guests sip their drinks and smoke their post-dinner cigarettes, a telegram delivers news of a tragedy. An event so terrible it will shake the nation. It is October 1966, and a landslide at a coal mine has buried a school: Aberfan. William decides he must act, so he stands and volunteers to attend. It will be his first job, and will be—although he's yet to know it—a choice that threatens to sacrifice his own happiness.
His work that night will force him to think about the little boy he was, and the losses he has worked so hard to bury. But compassion can have surprising consequences, because—as William discovers—giving so much to others can sometimes help us heal ourselves.
A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe is a poignant story of how unexpected circumstances can lead to profound personal transformation.
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ISBN: 9780571368303
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 20 January 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Export - Airside ed
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 503g
Pages: 400
About the Author
Jo Browning Wroe grew up in a crematorium in Birmingham. She has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia and is now Creative Writing Supervisor at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. Her debut novel, A Terrible Kindness, was shortlisted for the Bridport Peggy Chapman-Andrews award. She has two adult daughters and lives with her husband in Cambridge.
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