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Lessons / Ian McEwan.
"When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has closed, eleven-year-old Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. Two thousand miles from his mother's protective love, stranded at an unusual boarding school, his vulnerability attracts piano teacher Miss Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade. Now, when his wife vanishes, leaving him alone with his tiny son, Roland is forced to confront the reality of his restless existence. As the radiation from Chernobyl spreads across Europe, he begins a search for answers that looks deep into his family history and will last for the rest of his life. Haunted by lost opportunities, Roland seeks solace through every possible means music, literature, friends, sex, politics, and, finally, love cut tragically short, then love ultimately redeemed. His journey raises important questions for us all. Can we take full charge of the course of our lives without causing damage to others? How do global events beyond our control shape our lives and our memories? And what can we really learn from the traumas of the past?" -- dust jacket flap.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593535202
- ISBN: 0593535200
- Physical Description: 431 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First United States edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
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| Subject: | Mothers and sons > Fiction. Single fathers > Fiction. Life change events > Fiction. Psychic trauma > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Bildungsromans. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Ontario Community Library | MCEWAN, Ian (Text) | 33330004666881 | Adult Fiction | Available | - | ||
| Ontario Community Library | McEWAN, Ian (Text) | 9780593535202 | New Book Display | In process | - |
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