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Becoming Strangers
Title: Becoming Strangers
Description:
Jan and Annemieke are going on their last holiday together. Thirty years their senior, Dorothy and George are on one of their first. When these four people meet on an island in the Caribbean, they find more than an escape from their daily existence. They discover that it's not too late to save the rest of their lives.
This Human Season
Title: This Human Season
Description:
It is December 1979. Kathleen's son Sean has been convicted of a crime on behalf of the IRA and sent to Long Kesh prison - newly renamed the Maze. John Dunn has just taken up a job as a prison guard after leaving the army. Both will be shocked at what they find. Both will try to do the right thing, and fail. Neither will ever be the same again. Louise Dean's sensational new novel deals with one of the most explosive and morally complex incidents in recent British history. "This Human Season" is a powerful, confronting, humane, and blackly funny examination of the lives of ordinary people when placed in the vice of history. From the Inside Flap Louise Dean's powerful, humane and confrontingly funny second novel immerses us in the lives of two parents, two sons, two enemies - two ordinary families placed in the vice of history. It is November, 1979. Kathleen's son Sean has just been transferred to Belfast's most notorious prison - Long Kesh, recently renamed the Maze. Kathleen knows that he will join the other prisoners on their non-cooperation protest, known as the Blanket. Rumours of a hunger strike are beginning to circulate. John Dunn has finished twenty years in the British Army. After three tours of Belfast, he's found a girl and a house and a job as a prison guard. In the weeks before Christmas, both Kathleen and John will find themselves in impossible situations. Both will have to find a way to survive when everything they love is in danger of being destroyed. THIS HUMAN SEASON is set during one of the most contentious and morally complex periods of recent British history. Compassionate and fearless, it confirms an exceptional new literary talent. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. About the Author Louise Dean is the author of BECOMING STRANGERS, which won the Betty Trask Prize, 2004 and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. She lives in France with her husband and three children. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.