When I ran away / Ilona Bannister.
Momo rauemi: TextKaiwhakaputa: London : Two Roads, an imprint of John Murray Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Whakaahuatanga: 316 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781529352665
- 813/.6 23
Momo tuemi | Tauwāhi onāianei | Kohinga | Tau karanga | Tūnga | Rā oti | Waeherepae | Ngā puringa tuemi | |
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Fiction | Hāwera LibraryPlus Fiction | Fiction | BANN (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | i2208643 | |||
Fiction | Waverley LibraryPlus Fiction | Fiction | BANN (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | i2208644 |
As the Twin Towers collapse, Gigi Stanislawski flees her office building and escapes lower Manhattan on the Staten Island Ferry. Among the crying, ash-covered and shoeless passengers, Gigi, unbelievably, finds someone she recognizes - Harry Harrison, a British man and a regular at her favourite coffee shop. Gigi brings Harry to her parents' house where they watch the television replay the planes crashing for hours, and she waits for the phone call that will never come; the call from Frankie, her younger brother. Ten years later, Gigi, now a single mother consumed with bills and unfulfilled ambitions, meets Harry, again by chance, and they fall deeply, headlong in love. But their move to London and their new baby - which Gigi hoped would finally release her from the past - leave her feeling isolated, raw and alone with her grief. As Gigi comes face to face with the anguish of her brother's death and her rage at the unspoken pain of motherhood, she must somehow find the light amid all the darkness. Startlingly honest and shot through with unexpected humour, When I Ran Away is an unforgettable first novel about love - for our partners, our children, our mothers, and ourselves - pushed to its outer limits.
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