Grand Canary
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Grand Canary
Grand Canary
Destiny brings two lonely people together in this moving love story by A. J. Cronin, one of the master storytellers of our time.
From the author of The Stars Look Down and The Citadel, and the creator of Dr Finlay's Casebook. Reissued with a new cover.
Destiny brings two lonely people together in this moving love story by A. J. Cronin, one of the master storytellers of our time.
Doctor Harvey Leith, a brilliant research scientist, awakes from a drunken stupor to find himself aboard a liner bound for the romantic Canary Islands. His past life is in ruins, and his hopes for the future are shattered.
But he meets the lovely Mary Fielding on the ship, also looking for a new purpose in her life. It seems to her that they have met somewhere before, in some other place, and that they are meant for each other. There is only one problem - she is already married.
Doctor Leith's life becomes inextricably involved with the lives of the other passengers, and he gradually begins to forget the bitterness of the past. In the sultry atmosphere of Grand Canary, he finds he has to conquer himself to achieve happiness.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781035069552
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 20 November 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pan Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 17.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 188g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Born in Cardross, Scotland, A. J. Cronin studied at the University of Glasgow. In 1916, he served as a surgeon sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, and at the war's end he completed his medical studies and practised in South Wales. He was later appointed to the Ministry of Mines, studying the medical problems of the mining industry. He later moved to London and built up a successful practice in the West End. In 1931, he published his first book, Hatter's Castle, which was compared with the works of Dickens, Hardy and Balzac, winning him critical acclaim. Other books by A. J. Cronin include: The Citadel, Three Loves, The Green Years, Beyond This Place and The Keys of the Kingdom.
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