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Poignant journey of hope, recovery, and redemption.

"A Terrible Kindness" is for you if you appreciate narratives that tug at the heartstrings, illustrating human resilience. Jo Browning Wroe's writing captures the profound emotional odyssey of characters seeking solace and healing, which can often lead to a meaningful connection for readers searching for stories that echo the complexities of real life and the possibility of finding light in the darkness.

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A Terrible Kindness

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ISBN: 9780571368310
Authors: Jo Browning Wroe
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Date of Publication: 2022-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Topics: War, Literature
Goodreads rating: 4.3
(rated by 21301 readers)

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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.
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Poignant journey of hope, recovery, and redemption.

"A Terrible Kindness" is for you if you appreciate narratives that tug at the heartstrings, illustrating human resilience. Jo Browning Wroe's writing captures the profound emotional odyssey of characters seeking solace and healing, which can often lead to a meaningful connection for readers searching for stories that echo the complexities of real life and the possibility of finding light in the darkness.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.