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A Country of Eternal Light
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A Country of Eternal Light
Margaret Bryce has been dead since 2014 — and she's only just beginning to piece together what her life really meant.
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About the Ebook
Margaret Bryce has been having a hard time since dying in 2014. In a place beyond, we join Margaret as she revisits her life, from her Aberdeen prefab childhood to the birth of her twin girls, through Thatcher's Britain, the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster, Australia's Black Summer bushfires, the death of Princess Diana and the COVID pandemic. But something isn't quite right. Margaret is trying to remember, but also fighting to forget. A Country of Eternal Light will take you on a journey like no other. It is an utterly original, bitingly funny and poignant novel about life, death, what we choose to remember — and what we'd do anything to forget.Why You'll Love This Ebook
- A Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month and Australian prize finalist
- Shortlisted for the Readings New Australian Fiction Prize and the Age Fiction Book of the Year
- Bitingly funny, poignant and utterly original — a novel unlike anything you've read before
- Read another celebrated title from Polygon - an imprint of Birlinn Ltd
Reviews
'This thoughtful novel hopscotches through the life of its late heroine, Margaret, a working-class Aberdonian whose posthumous thoughts roam freely over seven decades... a life-crammed mosaic, filled with pain and sadness as well as tenderness and beauty.' Daily Mail
'Inviting the reader on a rollicking, spellbinding journey as Margaret Bryce visits her past from the vantage point of the afterlife, A Country of Eternal Light is a fiercely original exploration of the way a person's life is constructed.' Waterstones
'Immediately went back and reread it with new knowledge. My god, this is outstanding. Beautiful and humble and totally suffused by the very ordinary joy of loving.' Damian Barr
About the Author
Paul Dalgarno was a Senior Writer and Features Editor at The Herald newspaper group before moving to Australia to continue his successful career in journalism.Publication Details
Publisher: Polygon (an imprint of Birlinn Ltd)
Publication Date: 03 August 2023
Print Length: 304 pages (Ebook edition)
ISBN (Ebook): 9781788856041
Format: Ebook
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