The Widower's Son: A NovelOpen Road Media, 17 mai 2016 - 288 pages Raised by a career soldier, a working class Englishman tries to find his place—both in and out of uniform—in this compelling novel of love and war Charlie Scorton sees his best friend killed beside him in the mine, and resolves to join the army. His father throws him out for deserting the coal miner’s life, but Charlie never looks back. For twenty-four years, he roams the empire, a king’s soldier who is finally left with no choice but to come home. He has a child, his wife dies, and the old soldier dedicates himself to raising his boy. Charlie trains his son, William, to be an artilleryman from birth. William finds a home in the army, the sort he has always longed for, and makes his mark during World War II, performing heroically during the retreat at Dunkirk, risking his life to save thousands. But soon, he will be forced to answer the question his father never could: What does a soldier do when war is over? Alan Sillitoe, the bestselling author of The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner, examines where the fight ends and life begins for a soldier in this story of love and war, and the blurred lines between them. |
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... walked less upright . His years as a soldier had not erased his past as much as he'd hoped they would . When he recalled it he hated it , and was piqued that he could no longer shun by distance all that had set him off in life . He ...
... walked less upright . His years as a soldier had not erased his past as much as he'd hoped they would . When he recalled it he hated it , and was piqued that he could no longer shun by distance all that had set him off in life . He ...
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... walked home for tea , before going out again to do the shopping . When his mother was alive his parents had had little to say to one another , as if they'd got through all the talking to be done before he was born . He also noticed that ...
... walked home for tea , before going out again to do the shopping . When his mother was alive his parents had had little to say to one another , as if they'd got through all the talking to be done before he was born . He also noticed that ...
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... walked up, offering his hand: 'Hello, dad!' Though pleased by what he saw, Charlie thought the time had come to clear up the finer points of his behaviour: 'We don't need any handshaking. You haven't been absent all that long. Another ...
... walked up, offering his hand: 'Hello, dad!' Though pleased by what he saw, Charlie thought the time had come to clear up the finer points of his behaviour: 'We don't need any handshaking. You haven't been absent all that long. Another ...
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... walked down the street , a fish - and - chip shop on the corner and a beer - off opposite . You could smell both , but the sky was so blue it didn't matter . Colliers ' wives talked to each other outside their houses . One woman was ...
... walked down the street , a fish - and - chip shop on the corner and a beer - off opposite . You could smell both , but the sky was so blue it didn't matter . Colliers ' wives talked to each other outside their houses . One woman was ...
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... ' You're not far off , ' Charlie answered , ' and that's a fact . But they'll make more of a man of you than if you'd stayed at home with me pampering you all your life ! ' CHAPTER THREE He walked out of the Station like a.
... ' You're not far off , ' Charlie answered , ' and that's a fact . But they'll make more of a man of you than if you'd stayed at home with me pampering you all your life ! ' CHAPTER THREE He walked out of the Station like a.
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