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Shade a novel

Nina Hardy, murdered by her childhood friend, George, watches and retells the events of her life and afterlife, as her half-brother retraces their childhood together, revealing the crime against Nina in all its full and heartbreaking meaning.

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  • "Ireland, 1950. Nina Hardy wakes in the big house where she grew up. Now aged fifty, she has returned to the fading beauty of her old home, and its unkempt gardens, its views of the wild Irish Sea, and its long-buried memories. With her childhood friend George, she is seeking peace from a turbulent world. But by the end of the day, a brutal crime will have been committed, which will alter their lives forever. As Nina tries to make sense of everything that has happened, a remarkable story unfolds; a story of a childhood, of extraordinary friendships, and of a war."
  • "Nina Hardy, murdered by her childhood friend, George, watches and retells the events of her life and afterlife, as her half-brother retraces their childhood together, revealing the crime against Nina in all its full and heartbreaking meaning."@en
  • "Nina Hardy, murdered by her childhood friend, George, watches and retells the events of her life and afterlife, as her half-brother retraces their childhood together, revealing the crime against Nina in all its full and heartbreaking meaning."
  • "Irlande, en 1950. Nina meurt, sauvagement tuée par George. Elle évoque alors son enfance et son amitié pour Janie et George, gamins de paysans, ainsi que l'arrivée de Gregory, son demi-frère dont on lui avait tu l'existence. La Première Guerre mondiale brise la quiétude, Nina découvre le théâtre mais retourne, à l'âge de 50 ans, sur ses terres d'enfance pour découvrir George en proie à la folie."
  • "Na haar dood blikt een Ierse vrouw samen met haar vriendin en haar halfbroer terug op haar leven."
  • "Nina Hardy has been murdered. She dies in the garden of the house where she grew up, killed by George, her childhood friend. But her body is never found, and she remains a silent shade, watching-and retelling-the events of her life, and afterlife. Nina's half-brother, Gregory, makes a pilgrimage home for her funeral, after some thirty years away. There he finds Janie, George's sister and the fourth member of their childhood gang. Together they struggle to make sense of Nina's death and the people they all became. With Nina's shade as witness, they retrace a story of imaginary friends and hayrides, plays and school dances, a seemingly idyllic Irish childhood beside the mudflats of the River Boyne. As the children reach adolescence, however, they discover that the outside world cannot be kept at bay, and the fragile balance of their friendships is interrupted. Ultimately they will be torn apart by the outbreak of war, brought together again only to find that each has changed almost beyond recognition. And by the end the seemingly senseless crime with which the book begins is revealed in all its full and heartbreaking meaning."@en

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  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Ghost stories"@en
  • "Roman psychologique"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "Gölge"
  • "Schaduw"
  • "Ombre"@it
  • "Ombre"
  • "Shade a novel"@en
  • "Shade"
  • "Shade"@en
  • "Shade"@pl
  • "Schatten Roman"
  • "Shade : a novel"
  • "Shade [text (large print)]"
  • "Les ombres"
  • "Sombra"
  • "Schatten : Roman"

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