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    On the Broken Shore
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    On the Broken Shore

    By James MacManus

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    Have you ever wanted to just leave everything and disappear?

    Can the instinct for survival overcome almost anything…?

    Leo Kemp's life should be idyllic. He has a job that he loves at the Institute of Marine Biology and he lives in Cape Cod with his wife and daughter. But beneath the tranquil surface of their lives, heartbreak lingers; a few years ago their son was drowned in an accident at sea and the family cannot come to terms with his death.

    When Leo loses his job thanks to his outspoken views, he decides to go on one last field trip with his students. But the outing turns to tragedy when the sea rises up and Leo is thrown overboard. Despite everyone's best efforts, Leo is missing, presumed dead; lost at sea just like his son.
    The aftermath of the tragedy hits the community hard. But, amidst the grief, rumours that a man has been sighted living on an uninhabited island a few miles off shore begin to circulate. Could there be hope yet…?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateApr 1, 2010
    ISBN9780007338610
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    On the Broken Shore
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    James MacManus

    James MacManus is a foreign correspondent for the 'Guardian' and the 'Daily Telegraph' and managing editor for the 'Times'. Today he is managing director of the 'Times Literary Supplement' and executive director of News International.

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      There were lots of aspects of this book that might have made me dislike it. The dense science sections that punctuated the plot. The discovery that just when you thought you were finished with the backstory, along came a bit more. The nagging sensation that what happened was....well.....a bit unfeasible. Despite all that, this book gets five stars from me, because it kept me reading long into the night, and very few books have done that. However unfeasible it might have been, the central plot was compelling and leaving this unfinished was never an option. The setting of Cape Cod was great, and really made me want to go there! The author had a real feeling for his characters and his depiction of a family in the wake a of a bereavement was skilful and moving. Okay so it’s only January, but it’s my read of the year so far.