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2006 Longlist

The Voyage Home

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Anne, a woman in her 30s, is taking the long way home, by container ship, from Nigeria to England. She has recently buried her father, David, and she has his diaries from his time in Africa. But the journey does not turn out to be the haven of solitude she was hoping for. What she has not reckoned with is that she gets involved both with two stowaways (clandestinely) and the ship’s mate (sexually) and that the journey will end in murder. Nor, for that matter, that reading her father’s diaries will reveal that she has an illegitimate sibling, whose fate her father was seeking when he died and whom she too must attempt to find in order to make peace with herself.

As the twin stories of David’s mission and Anne’s journey intertwine, they dovetail to provide a profound and gripping narrative.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Jane
Rogers

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England
Original Language
English
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