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2009 Nominated

Tomorrow

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

On a midsummer’s night, Paula lies awake, Mike, her husband of twenty-five years, asleep beside her, her two teenage children, Nick and Kate, sleeping in nearby rooms. The next day, she knows, will define all their lives.
As morning approaches, Paula recalls the years before and after her children were born. Her story is both a celebration of love possessed and a moving acknowledgement of the fear of loss, the fragilities, illusions and secrets on which even our most intimate sense of who we are can rest.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Graham
Swift

Graham Swift was born in 1949 and is the author of nine novels, a collection of short stories and Making an Elephant, a book of essays, portraits, poetry and reflections on his life in writing. With Waterland he won the Guardian Fiction Prize, and with Last Orders the Booker Prize. Both novels have since been made into films. Graham Swift’s work has appeared in over thirty languages.

Graham Swift was born in 1949 and is the author of nine novels, a collection of short stories and Making an Elephant, a book of essays, portraits, poetry and reflections on his life in writing. With Waterland he won the Guardian Fiction Prize, and with Last Orders the Booker Prize. Both novels have since been made into films. Graham Swift’s work has appeared in over thirty languages.

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

Deceptively simple, yet profound and multi-faced “one night novel”.

A thorough powerful presentation of man/woman relations masterfully merging three time-layers past, present and future.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
United Kingdom
Original Language
English
Author
Publisher
Picador

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