Sarah Winman

Aikuisten satu antaa toivoa Lohdullinen kertomus rakkaudesta, merestä ja pitkästä elämästä. Lukijat rakastivat brittinäyttelijä Sarah Winmanin esikoisromaania Kani nimeltä jumala. Winmanin toinen romaani on yhtä viehättävä tarina rakkaudesta ja vaikeuksien voittamisesta. Marvellous Ways on vanha nainen, joka asuu asuntovaunussa Cornwallissa meren rannalla. Aallot ovat aikoinaan vieneet hänen äitinsä, mutta ne ovat myös tuoneet Marvellouksen kotisatamaan rakkautta, ravintoa ja unelmia. Yhdeksänkymppinen Marvellous rakastaa edelleen merta ja sukeltelee alasti aallokossa tähtien ja kuun valossa. Merenneidon vuosi on mielikuvituksellinen mutta koskettava kuvaus yksinäisyydestä, vaikeasta rakkaudesta, lapsettomuudesta, sodan haavoista, mutta ennen kaikkea hurjasta elämännälästä. Sarah Winman (s. 1964) on englantilainen näyttelijä ja kirjailija. Hänen esikoisromaaninsa Kani nimeltä jumala sai suuren suosion ja Winman palkittiin mm. New Writer of the Year -palkinnolla.

From the author of STILL LIFE, TIN MAN and WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT.'Will stand the test of time' Irish Examiner'Beautiful prose that ebbs and flows' Independent'A Year of Marvellous Ways is like Dylan Thomas given a sexy rewrite by Angela Carter'Patrick GaleThis is a story about Marvellous Ways, an eighty-nine-year-old woman who lives alone in a remote Cornish creek, spending her days sitting by the river, peering through a telescope. And it's about Francis Drake, a young soldier who washes up in her creek, shattered by war and broken-hearted. It's about the magic in everyday life and the lure of the sea, the healing powers of storytelling and sloe gin, love and death, and how we carry on when grief comes snapping at our heels.

Both a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller (2011) and a Richard and Judy Book Club pick, WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT was praised as one of the most striking and original novels of the year.

The remarkably life-affirming novel from the highly acclaimed author of Still Life, set in 1940s Cornwall following the unlikely friendship between an eighty-nine-year-old woman at the end of her story and a young soldier, reeling from World War II, at the start of his own. Marvelous Ways has lived alone alongside a winding creek near the rugged Cornwall coast for nearly all her life, and has recently taken to spending her days sitting on the steps of her caravan with a pair of binoculars. She is waiting for something, but she''s not sure what. She will know when she sees it and that is good enough for her. Francis Drake, a young soldier adrift after the death of a fellow comrade, is grateful for the mission that guides his days. He has agreed to fulfil his friend’s last wish: to hand-deliver a letter to his father in Cornwall. But Francis’s journey doesn''t go as planned. After a brief, sweet, and serendipitous reunion with a woman from his past, Francis washes up in Marvelous''s creek, broken both in body and spirit. Marvelous will come to his aid, and an unlikely friendship will grow between these two solitary souls. Marvelous has lived a long life, with many loves and countless stories to tell, and Francis needs a reason to keep going—even just the hope that life still has more to offer. A beautiful, bighearted story that bursts with the magic of what it means to grab hold of connection and purpose when it is right in front of you, A Year of Marvelous Ways is a testament to friendship and another timeless classic from the acclaimed Sarah Winman.